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Art is nothing; it's a way. (Elbert Hubbard)
Life without absorbing occupation is hell; joy consists in forgetting life. View quote
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Responsibility is the price of freedom. View quote
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A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. View quote
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used. View quote
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We work to become, not to acquire. View quote
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Men are only as great as they are kind. View quote
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It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get. View quote
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The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. View quote
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The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. View quote
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A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. (Elbert Hubbard)
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them. View quote
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Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time. View quote
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The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. View quote
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We are punished by our sins, not for them. View quote
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A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. View quote
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It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man. View quote
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So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. View quote
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Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. View quote
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There is no failure except in no longer trying. View quote
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The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. (Elbert Hubbard)
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well. View quote
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment. View quote
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars. View quote
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The Great Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was n. View quote
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