We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.
Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.
In the end, everything is a gag.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
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