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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example.

Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.

Sometimes only a change of viewpoint is needed to convert a tiresome duty into an interesting opportunity.

Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too.

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of human failure.

Writing is thinking on paper.

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.

Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.

The awakening has begun!.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.

Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.

Fortune sides with him who dares.