"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
- Dale Carnegie (1888 - 1955)
American Author and Speaker
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"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
- Dale Carnegie (1888 - 1955)
American Author and Speaker
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"Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves."
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 BC - 17 BC)
Roman Poet
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"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
American Author and Humorist
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"Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead."
- Louisa May Alcott
(1832-1888) American Writer
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"I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate goods."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882) American Poet and Essayist
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"Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it."
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
English Novelist
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"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection."
- Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
British-American Writer
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"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
- Sir Winston Churchill
(1874-1965) British Politician
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"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
- Epictetus (55-135 AD) (55 AD - 135 AD)
Greek Philosopher
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"Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit."
- Bernard Williams (1929 - 2003)
English Philosopher
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