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βPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.β
β John Quincy Adams
βThe supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.β
β Sun Tzu
βSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.β
β Francis Bacon
βHe who has a why to live can bear almost any how.β
β Friedrich Nietzsche
βA faithful man shall abound with blessings.β
β Book of Proverbs
βA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.β
βCharacter protects success.β
β Anonymous
βDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.β
β George Washington
βSeest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.β
βI find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.β
β Thomas Jefferson
βThose who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise.β
β Andrew Carnegie
βAlong with success comes a reputation for wisdom.β
β Euripides
βNo one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.β
βFortune and love favor the brave.β
β Ovid
βLet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.β
βNo man can have patience who has not strong passions.β
β Michel de Montaigne
βPerseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.β
βHe who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.β
β Lao Tzu
βNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.β
β Abraham Lincoln
βKnowledge itself is power.β
βSteadiness builds success.β
βDiligence builds success.β
βDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.β
β Ralph Waldo Emerson
βA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.β
βNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.β
β George S. Patton
βThe path of duty lies in what is near, and man seeks for it in what is remote.β
β Mencius
βGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.β
βWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.β
β Seneca
βClarity reveals judgment.β
βHe that has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.β
β Horace
βEffort multiplies momentum.β
βA good moral character is the first essential in a man.β
βThe best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life.β
βLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.β
βReading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.β
βThe path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.β
βThe noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.β
β Leonardo da Vinci
βPersistence protects success.β
βNothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.β
β Cicero
βHe who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.β
βThe journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.β
βAn ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.β
β Laozi
βThe beginning is the most important part of the work.β
β Plato
βA little learning is a dangerous thing.β
β Alexander Pope
βA merry heart doeth good like a medicine.β
βWatch the costs and the profits take care of themselves.β
βLearning never exhausts the mind.β
βWonder is the beginning of wisdom.β
β Socrates
βNo great thing is created suddenly.β
β Epictetus
βIt is best to keep one's own state intact; to crush the enemy's state is only second best.β
βWhat we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.β
β Plutarch
βA good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.β
βNecessity is the mother of invention.β
βVictory belongs to the most persevering.β
β Napoleon Bonaparte
βAssociate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.β
βGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.β
βHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.β
βThe only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.β
β Vidal Sassoon
βThe opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.β
βThe heart of man deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.β
βDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.β
βNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.β
βWithout continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.β
β Benjamin Franklin
βDiligence is the mother of good luck.β
βFar and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
β Theodore Roosevelt
βPatience protects character.β
βHe who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star.β
β Confucius
βHe who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.β
βWell done is better than well said.β
βThe unexamined life is not worth living.β
βTo command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.β
β Andre Malraux
βIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.β
βLife is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.β
βThe life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.β
βDo not consider painful what is good for you.β
βHe that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.β
βThere is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.β
βA wise man will hear, and will increase learning.β
βDo not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.β
βIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.β
βAll that glitters is not gold.β
β William Shakespeare
βHe who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.β
βHe that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.β
βThe ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.β
β Woodrow Wilson
βFocus protects success.β
βWhoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past.β
β Niccolo Machiavelli
βComposure protects success.β
βPride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.β
βA gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.β
βIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.β
β Henry David Thoreau
βHe who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much.β
β James Allen
βSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.β
β Unknown
βWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.β
β Aristotle
βThe world belongs to the energetic.β
βNo man is free who is not master of himself.β
βWithout ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing.β
βPlough deep while sluggards sleep.β
βIn the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.β
βFar and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
βLife can mean nothing worth meaning, unless its prime aim is the doing of duty, the achievement of results worth achieving.β
βThe thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness.β
βIt is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.β
βKeep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.β
βHe will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.β
βHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold!β
βThe men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.β
βThe hand of the diligent shall bear rule.β
βSuccess consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.β
βHappy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.β
βWisdom protects success.β
βI am a slow walker, but I never walk back.β
βWaste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.β
β Marcus Aurelius
βThe first and best victory is to conquer self.β
βNo man was ever wise by chance.β
βThe superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.β
βThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.β
βResolve protects success.β
βYou have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.β
βThe secret of success is constancy to purpose.β
β Benjamin Disraeli
βHumility protects success.β
βTo know, is to know that you know nothing.β
βIt is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.β
βPatience builds success.β
βWhen you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive β to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.β
βMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.β
βCarpe diem.β
βThe man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
βThe wise man does at once what the fool does finally.β
β NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
βMen in general judge more from appearances than from reality.β
βDetermine never to be idle.β
βHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.β
βCourage protects success.β
βIf it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.β
βSuccessful and fortunate crime is called virtue.β
βPleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.β
βSurplus wealth should be considered as a sacred trust, to be administered during the lives of its owners, by them as trustees, for the good of the community.β
βHe who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.β
βKnowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.β
βHumility builds success.β
βGratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.β
βAll men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.β
βPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.β
βSteadiness protects success.β
βIf words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.β
βPatience is the companion of wisdom, and the foundation of all great enterprises.β
β Thomas Aquinas
βThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.β
βClarity protects success.β
βTemperance builds success.β
βBrevity is the soul of wit.β
βAccept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.β
βThere is only one success β to be able to spend your life in your own way.β
β Christopher Morley
βKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.β
βCourage sharpens endurance.β
βSuccess is dependent on effort.β
β Sophocles
βThe first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.β
βWaste not fresh tears over old griefs.β
βThe greatest victory is that which requires no battle.β
βBy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.β
βI hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.β
βWhen we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.β
βThe man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.β
βA leader leads by example, not by force.β
βOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.β
βMastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.β
βFor the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.β
βHe is richest who is content with the least.β
βIn all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.β
βIf we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.β
βThere is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.β
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience.β
βThe greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.β
βThe bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.β
βNo legacy is so rich as honesty.β
βHonour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.β
βA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.β
βBalance builds success.β
βPersistence builds success.β
βCommit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.β
βHe who has begun has the work half done. Let him have begun.β
βAll warfare is based on deception.β
βAdversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.β
βA house divided against itself cannot stand.β
βQuality is not an act, it is a habit.β
βBegin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.β
βWisdom builds success.β
βHe who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.β
βBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.β
βSilence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.β
βHe who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.β
βSelf-trust is the first secret of success.β
βNo great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time.β
βWhat is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.β
βWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality.β
βThe remedy is worse than the disease.β
βThe will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential β these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.β
βFocus guides results.β
βHe who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.β
βTry not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.β
βOne cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels.β
βIgnorance, the root and stem of all evil.β
βEnergy and persistence conquer all things.β
βAs long as you live, keep learning how to live.β
βI quote others only in order the better to express myself.β
βWisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom.β
βLength of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.β
βSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.β
βWell begun is half done.β
βThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.β
βHe becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.β
βRestraint protects success.β
βBalance protects success.β
βIn war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak.β
βThe energy of the mind is the essence of life.β
βWhoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.β
β George Orwell
βWith the determination of a hundred rivers flowing to the ocean, one must pursue one's purpose unceasingly.β
β Thiruvalluvar
βThey can because they think they can.β
β Virgil
βThe good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.β
βIntegrity protects success.β
βThe fruits of all our labors have left us as we started. To grow without is not to grow within.β
βRule your mind or it will rule you.β
βPatience protects success.β
βWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.β
βThere is nothing impossible to him who will try.β
β Alexander the Great
βTo err is human; to forgive, divine.β
βThe man who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.β
β B.C. Forbes
βTake rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.β
βA wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.β
β Latin Proverb
βWhen we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.β
βDiscipline protects success.β
βThe fortunate man is he who is born with a fair nature, is well nurtured, and has suffered all that he could suffer.β
β Solon
βThe soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.β
βThe art of war is of vital importance to the State.β
βWhat is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.β
βThe plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.β
βPurpose protects success.β
βTrust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.β
βGreat acts are made up of small deeds.β
βA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.β
βConsistency sustains reputation.β
βPurpose builds success.β
βLead me, follow me, or get out of my way.β
βTo see what is right and not do it is want of courage.β
βTo know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.β
βThe people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.β
β George Bernard Shaw
βTimes are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.β
βKnowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.β
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.β
βSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.β
βDwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.β
βAct well your part; there all the honor lies.β
βPreparation protects success.β
βIt does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.β
βKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.β
β Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
βCharacter is much easier kept than recovered.β
β Thomas Paine
βCourage builds success.β
βHe who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.β
βResolve builds success.β
βTo conquer oneself is the first and noblest of all victories.β
βNothing is worth more than this day.β
βThe problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.β
βDiscipline builds success.β
βThe surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.β
β Richard Brinsley Sheridan
βThe best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.β
βRemember that time is money.β
βThe secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.β
βLost time is never found again.β
βThe reward of a thing well done is having done it.β
βNothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.β
β Booker T. Washington
βThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.β
βConfine yourself to the present.β
βReal knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.β
βThe best way to predict your future is to create it.β
βI like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.β
βA room without books is like a body without a soul.β
βVictorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.β
βFirst say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.β
βPreparation builds success.β
βIt is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.β
βWhoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.β
β Anne Frank
βThe superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.β
βFortune favors the bold.β
βIt is quality rather than quantity that matters.β
βAs is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.β
βThe drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.β
β Hugh Latimer
βConsistency builds success.β
βYou cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.β
βIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.β
βThe welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.β
βWith the determination of a firm resolve, one can move even Mount Tai.β
β Sima Qian
βNothing is impossible to him who will try.β
βEffort builds success.β
βI have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.β
βOnly the educated are free.β
βConstant dripping hollows out a stone.β
βSimplicity builds success.β
βNo wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destined port.β
βTemperance protects success.β
βIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.β
βThe harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.β
βNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.β
βAttention builds success.β
βHe that handleth a matter wisely shall find good.β
βConsistency protects success.β
βSuccess has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.β
β Tacitus
βUp, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.β
βFocus builds success.β
βCharacter builds success.β
βAn ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.β
β Elbert Hubbard
βAs a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.β
βThe man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.β
β Hasidic Proverb
βDiligence protects success.β
βTreat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.β
βCourage is knowing what not to fear.β
βDo not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.β
β William Butler Yeats
βIndustry need not wish.β
βCraft protects success.β
βRestraint builds success.β
βComposure builds success.β
βRegard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys.β
βThe man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
β William Faulkner
βWhen the student is ready, the teacher will appear.β
βCraft builds success.β
βHe who is firm in will molds the world to himself.β
β Johann Gottlieb Fichte
βThe soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.β
βTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived β this is to have succeeded.β
βThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.β
βEvery post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.β
βA man is what he thinks about all day long.β
βIntegrity builds success.β
βTo subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.β
βWhat we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.β
βClarity builds success.β
βSuccess is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.β
β Albert Schweitzer
βFortune favors the prepared mind.β
β Louis Pasteur
βA man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.β
β Bob Dylan
βAn investment in knowledge pays the best interest.β
βForesight builds success.β
βHe that riseth late must trot all day.β
βWhatever you are, be a good one.β
βA penny saved is two pence clear.β
βHe that walketh with wise men shall be wise.β
βPatience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.β
βThe wise warrior avoids the battle.β
βThe best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.β
βPatience is the key to joy; haste is the key to sorrow.β
β Rumi
βEffort protects success.β
βAttention protects success.β
βFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.β
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