In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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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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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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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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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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