In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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