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- Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972), 'Black Power: A Form of Godly Power,' 1967
- You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.
- Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, Accepted, 2006
- It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962 - )
- No matter how far you travel or how much you run from it, can you ever really escape your past?
- Becky Hartman Edwards and Michael Patrick King, Sex and the City, Escape from New York, 2000
- Self-control is not a problem in the future. It's only a problem NOW when the chocolates is next to us.
- Shlomo Bernartzi, TED Talk: Saving for tomorrow, tomorrow, November 2011
- Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
- Bill Gates (1955 - )
- If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.
- Hannah More
- Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
- Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It
- 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.
- Albert Pike
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