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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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"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Strength, May

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Strength, Dance, Fight, Road

"The only real power comes out of a long rifle."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Strength, Power

"Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Strength, Kites, Wind

"How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?"

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Strength, Man

"Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Strength, Fear

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Strength, Trees

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Strength, Hell

"Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Strength, Character, Difficulty

"You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Strength, Children, Community