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 To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.  It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. - Moliere The next time it begins to rain ... lie down on your belly, nestle your chin into the grass, and get a frog's-eye view of how raindrops fall . . . The sight of hundreds of blades of grass bowing down and popping back up like piano keys strikes me as one of the merriest sights in the world. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. I like terra firma - the more firma, the less terra. Hindsight is always zo/20. If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery. Risk always brings its own rewards: the exhilaration of breaking through, of getting to the other side; the relief of a conflict healed; the clarity when a paradox dissolves. Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things, behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! - Bible When the historian, Charles A. Beard was asked about the lessons from history, he said there were four: 1. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. 2. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. 3. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small. 4. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. I pay the School Master, but 'tis the school boys that educate my son. Gross National Product is our Holy Grail. When people ask me if I have any spare change, I tell them I have it at home in my spare wallet. I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still warm waters. - Bible Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends. Living in the past has one thing in its favour - it's cheaper. A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy. 
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