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The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)
To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.: William Henry Channing
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.: Unknown
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.: Unknown
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.: George Hyman Rickover
The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.: Epicures
Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.: Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.: Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever

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