It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

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You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

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There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

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You don't get into trouble because of the things you don't know. It is the things you don't know you don't know that really get you into a mess.

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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

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Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.

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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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