Wherever you go, there you are. You can't judge a book by its cover. If you put all the world's troubles into a hat, you'll be happy to draw your own. If you lie with the dogs, you'll wake up with the fleas. If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done. When there is no wind, you must row. If you believe in something, no proof is necessary; if you don't, none is sufficient. The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality. Whatever your lot in life, build something on it. The heart is wiser than the intellect. To be loved is to live forever in someone's heart. Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations. Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. Anyone who angers you conquers you. Adversity is the springboard to great achievement. Everyone lives downstream from someone else. The beginning is the most important part of the work. Contemplation is the parent of wisdom. Never ask a question unless the answer makes a difference. Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good. Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it. To get nowhere, follow the crowd. When friends offer to help, let them. The most effective answer to an insult is silence. Teachers open the door, but you enter by yourself. The harder you fall, the higher you bounce. The way to learn is to begin. If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. Don't ever let your problems become an excuse. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Trying is the first step towards failure. If you win the rat race, you're still a rat. Dawn is when people of reason go to bed. To those who can dream there is no such place as faraway. We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. Nothing is impossible for the man who will not listen to reason. There will be peace when we begin to love our children more than we hate our enemies. The real measure of wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. Time, like a snowflake, disappears while we're trying to decide what to do with it. Everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something. People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. Education is very important; school, however, is optional. The most valid excuse doesn't change your performance. We did not inherit the land from our forefathers, we are borrowing it from our children. If you fear nothing, you love nothing; if you love nothing, what joy can there be in life? Following the path of least resistance makes both rivers and men crooked. We all stumble; that's why it's a comfort to go hand-in-hand. If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them; I'd be at the bottom to catch them. The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going. It surprises us to see a rich man economize and a poor man splurge, but that's how they got that way. Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up. Time spent in getting even would be better spent in getting ahead. Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the breeze, the stronger the trees. It's not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns. If we always do what we've always done, then we'll always get what we've always gotten. Poverty is life near the bone, where the meat is the sweetest.

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