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If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
Take good hold of instruction and don't let her go, keep her for she is your life.
Take good hold of instruction and don't let her go, keep her for she is your life.
The mark of a good leader is to know when it's time to follow.
The mark of a good leader is to know when it's time to follow.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, read more
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.
Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.
