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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and read more
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I read more
It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.
Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it read more
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if read more
When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue read more
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.