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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to
always reach my destination.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to
always reach my destination.
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust read more
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.
It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to
fly in formation.
It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to
fly in formation.
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected read more
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those
who try to do nothing and read more
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those
who try to do nothing and succeed.
People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.
People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.
No wind favors him who has no destined port.
No wind favors him who has no destined port.
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal read more
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain. The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look through still.