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Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
 You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can
get with just a kind word.  
 You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can
get with just a kind word. 
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
 I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good things, therefore,
that I can do, any kindness that read more 
 I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good things, therefore,
that I can do, any kindness that I can show a fellow being, let me do it
now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. 
There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a read more
There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
 Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to read more 
 Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have
more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to they
will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first
be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what
you want. 
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
 You may have tangible wealth untold,
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you could never be;
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 You may have tangible wealth untold,
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you could never be;
I know someone who told stories to me. 
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.