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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. 
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. 
When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. 
Shall we, because we walk on our hind feet, assume to ourselves only the privilege of imperishability? 
Life can be seen through your eyes but it is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. 
I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day 
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all. 
The golden rule for every business man is this: ?Put yourself in your customer?s place. 
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom 
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm 
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way. 
I'll do my dreaming with my eyes wide open, and I'll do my looking back with my eyes closed 
The tragedy of education is played in two scenes - incompetent pupils facing competent teachers and incompetent teachers facing competent pupils 
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. 
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard). 
History ... is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. 
Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch. 
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one 
It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime. 
It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up 
If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends 
We cannot change our memories, but we can change their meaning and the power they have over us 
While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. 
Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced. 
The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too 
The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation. 
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. 
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. 
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'. 
Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage. 
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. 
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there. 
War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you. 
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. 
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. 
If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come. 
Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing. 
