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"The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest."

Wisdom, Career, World

"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."

Wisdom, Love, Comfort

"Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens."

Ambition,

"In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it."

Strength, Nothing, Water, World

"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."

Wisdom, Enemies, Man

"When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves.""

Leadership, Work, People, Leader

"To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect."

Wisdom, Virtue

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

Leadership, Work, Leader, People, Will

"How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?"

Patriotism, Men, Victory, Delight, Man

"The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

Wisdom, Laws, Order, Will

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"All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Motivational, Imagination, Life, Wealth, Accomplishment

"The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Motivational, Goal, Reason, Value, Will

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Motivational, Preparation, Today, Tomorrow

"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."

John Wooden, American Coach

Motivational, Success, Courage, Failure

"Necessity is the mother of taking chances."

Mark Twain, American Author

Motivational, Mother, Necessity

"The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Motivational, Man, Mind, Obstacles

"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Motivational, Action, Man

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

Anais Nin, American Author

Motivational, Day, Risk

"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Motivational, Belief, Conviction, Deep, Repetition

"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Motivational, Work, Man