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- The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
- The thing has already taken form in my mind before I start it. The first attempts are absolutely unbearable. I say this because I want you to know that if you see something worthwhile in what I am doing, it is not by accident but because of real direction and purpose.
- Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)
- The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
- Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
- William Hogarth
- Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
- Once freedom lights is beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
- To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- We must expect finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
- Martin Luther King, jr.
- Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth.
- Chinese Proverb
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