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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled read more
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a read more
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a paraphrase of a much older quote by Aristotle, which see.
Men are more important than tools. If you don't believe so, put a good tool into the hands of a read more
Men are more important than tools. If you don't believe so, put a good tool into the hands of a poor workman.
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal read more
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain. The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look through still.
If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant
trees. If you plan for read more
If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant
trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.
We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. read more
We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Thus, while the tangible has advantages, It is the intangible that makes it useful.
