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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
— Malcolm XOn DisciplineEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
— Nelson MandelaOn PurposeDeath is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
— Napoleon BonaparteOn DisciplineThe fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
— Mark TwainOn PurposeCowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
— William ShakespeareOn ConfidenceThe truth is rarely pure and never simple.
— Oscar WildeOn PurposeThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
— Ralph Waldo EmersonOn PurposeKnowing others is wisdom. Knowing yourself is enlightenment.
— Lao TzuOn PurposeBy three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection; second, by imitation; and third, by experience.
— ConfuciusOn Focus & DistractionAll that we are is the result of what we have thought. What we think, we become.
— BuddhaOn DisciplineYesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
— RumiOn Starting OverThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
— SocratesOn PurposeAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
— Arthur C. ClarkeOn Focus & DistractionFormal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
— Jim RohnOn the Working LifeSuccessful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.
— Jim RohnOn DisciplineDon't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
— John D. RockefellerOn the Working LifeEighty percent of success is showing up.
— Woody AllenOn DisciplineTry not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.
— Albert EinsteinOn PurposeIn the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
— Albert CamusOn Starting OverWhat doesn't kill me makes me stronger.
— Friedrich NietzscheOn Starting OverTurn your wounds into wisdom.
— Oprah WinfreyOn Starting OverWhen everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
— Henry FordOn ConfidenceI can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
— Maya AngelouOn Starting OverMotivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
— Jim RyunOn DisciplineI never dreamed about success. I worked for it.
— Estée LauderOn the Working LifeLittle by little, one travels far.
— J.R.R. TolkienOn DisciplineWhat you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become.
— Zig ZiglarOn PurposeStart where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
— Arthur AsheOn DisciplineBelieve you can and you're halfway there.
— Theodore RooseveltOn ConfidenceIt always seems impossible until it's done.
— Nelson MandelaOn Confidence