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Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.
Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you read more
Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.
Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, read more
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to read more
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
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.
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard read more
If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.
