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My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, however, attempting to change our deepest thoughts and learning to love ourselves is a monumental challenge. We may achieve success in our business lives but it never quite means as much if we do not feel good inside. Once we feel good about ourselves inside we can genuinely lend ourselves to others.

Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas.

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs one step at a time.

Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Look alive. Here comes a buzzard.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

The mark of a good leader is to know when it's time to follow.

The end and aim of all education is the development of character.

Education is not a preparation for life, education is life itself.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.

Practice is everythingThis is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?This is commonly misquotes as You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. - The Business of Life.

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.