A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.

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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.

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There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.

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The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

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Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.

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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.

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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.

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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

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