This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

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War does not decide who is right but who is left.

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

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Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

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Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

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Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.

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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

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