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“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a good deal of it.”
“Study is the seasoning of life.”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality but imagination also gives us the gift of wonder”
“To bear lightly what needs must be is a great virtue.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.”
“Actions speak louder than words.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it”
“True family happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life”
“It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.”
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity and faith is what connects them”
“As is a tale so is life: not how long it is but how good it is that matters.”
“A man who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary and never finds peace.”
“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“A sword never kills anybody it is a tool in the killers hand”
“Associate with people who are likely to improve you.”
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage and to live with faith multiplies that courage immeasurably”
“The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses but proclaims his debts.”
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“As is a tale so is life not how long it is but how good it is is what matters”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that family things are difficult.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it simplicity reclaims that wasted time”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.”
“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms. You will be able to use them better when you are older.”
“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it.”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has.”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage”
“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
“Wherever you go carry compassion with you for it is the lightest burden and the greatest gift”
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it. Life is long enough and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested.”
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
“The right time to dine is: for the rich man, when he is hungry; and for the poor man, when he has something to eat.”
“All great things start from small beginnings.”
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them”
“It is not the man who has too little but the man who craves more that is poor.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Peace is what happens when patience meets understanding.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
“Life is long if you know how to use it”
“There is no end to learning.”
“Learning is the bread of life.”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body”
“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“Wealth is the slave of a wise man and the master of a fool simplicity reveals the difference”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult”
“Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man; the sage is one who also acts rightly.”
“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness and compassion”
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true by the wise as false and by rulers as useful”
“He who is brave is free.”
“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.”
“Life without study is merely death.”
“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood”
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
“Nothing is ours except time.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult and faith gives us daring”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste much of it in noise”
“When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
“Men learn while they teach.”
“As long as you live keep learning how to live”
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life for time waits for no one”
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone and if he does not love solitude he will not love freedom”
“The greatest king is he who is king of himself.”
“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
“True peace is achieved not by living without difficulty but by living beyond difficulty.”
“It is not the man who has too little who is poor but the one who hankers after more.”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
“Life, if well lived, is long enough.”
“The act itself is its own reward, and the punishment of the act is the act itself.”
“It is not the man who has too little but the man who craves more that is poor simplicity cures that poverty”
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today”
“Time heals what reason cannot.”
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
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