“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.” C.S.Lewis
“Nothing can be taught to a man, but it is possible to help him find the answer within himself.” Galileo Galile
“Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something else.” Rumi
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?” Rumi
“When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” Anonymous
“Find a seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.” Shigenori Kameoka
“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” Zig Ziglar
“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.” Khalil Gibran
“The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands; but in seeing with new eyes.” Marcel Proust
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that is your own self.” Aldous Huxley
“Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought.” Saint Augustine
“When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull’s eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim, improve yourself.” Gilbert Arland
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.” Jim Rohn
“The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labour.” Mike Litman
“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom.” Mahatma Gandhi
“We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotle
“Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you learn from a loss you have not lost.” Austin O’malley
“O, see how the masses of men worry themselves into nameless graves, while here and there, some great unselfish soul forgets himself into immortality.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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