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“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast, you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
“To know your purpose is to live a life of direction, and in that direction is found peace and tranquillity.”
“Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”
“My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.”
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
“What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.”
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”
“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.”
“As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.”
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Mark Twain
“I endeavour to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress.”
Elizabeth Montagu