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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. 
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. 
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. 
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you. 
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. 
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs 
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that. 
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. 
Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. 
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. 
Dying is like coming to the end of a long novel--you only regret it if the ride was enjoyable and left you wanting more. 
An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it. 
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. 
Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture. 
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. 
I really believe the only way to stay healthy is to eat properly, get your rest and exercise. If you don't exercise and do the other two, I still don't think it's going to help you that much. 
Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. 
Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love? 
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. 
I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself. 
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. 
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home 
Small minds discuss persons. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas. Really great minds discuss mathematics. 
It's hard to make up your bed while you're still sleeping in it. Hard to make up your mind for the same reason. 
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts. 
Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it. 
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. 
Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want 
Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment 
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. 
I'm very open to any visual conceits and any possibilities at my disposal to be better explain to people the ideas I'm exploring. 
Poetry, whose material is language, is perhaps the most human and least worldly of the arts, the one in which the end product remains closest to the thought that inspired it. 
Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. 
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. 
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it. 
The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm. 
Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes 
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. 
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. 
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. 
Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence. 
