The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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