We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish 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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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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