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Beware of a man of one book. – English Proverb

You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. But if you are content to be something, you may by analogy be many things. – Israel Zangwill, The Principle of Nationalities, 1917

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. – Baltasar Gracián, translated from Spanish

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. – Horace

Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. – Henry David Thoreau

Better to be furious at one thing, become radiant with purpose. Better to love links and rhythms than all-embracing answers. – Stephen Dunn

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas Edison

Be deeply satisfied and ready for more. – Abraham–Hicks

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire. – John C. Collins

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. – Frank Tyger

Follow the seasons. Follow your heart. Lead by example. Lead with love, alongside simplicity and courage, embracing duty, shunning fear. – Terri Guillemets

Dig the well before you are thirsty. – Chinese Proverb

Wish for nothing so much that you forget to make it come true. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

When you throw dirt, you lose ground. – Texan Proverb

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. – Albert Schweitzer

Everyone should learn to do one thing supremely well because he likes it, and one thing supremely well because he detests it. – Brigham Young

Sometimes the best way to hold onto something is to let it go. – Author Unknown

The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show. – Author Unknown

For visions come not to polluted eyes. – Mary Howitt