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If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm.

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Beware the fury of a patient man.

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In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

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My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.

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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current... Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on toward ultimate success.

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Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

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The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

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