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Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
[Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]
Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
[Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]
Many a man never fails because he never tries.
Many a man never fails because he never tries.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of read more
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I
have received and am still receiving.
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing
down, the other is pulling up.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.
[Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne read more
He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.
[Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.]
