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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we read more
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.
If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.
Man knows more than he understands.
Man knows more than he understands.
Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.
Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but
rather a person with a certain read more
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but
rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not
one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage read more
Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not
one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on
his ideas, to take a calculated risk-and to act.
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible read more
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works read more
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
