Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ~Richard M. Nixon
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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It is objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last. ~Quint Studer
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~Arthur Ashe
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