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