Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
MARK TWAINAlways do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
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Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
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Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
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Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
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There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked.
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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
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