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No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. – Max Beerbohm

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To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself. – Max Beerbohm

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Vanity
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Max Beerbohm
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How many charming talents have been spoiled by the instilled desire to do important work! Some people are born to lift heavy weights. Some are born to juggle with golden balls. – Max Beerbohm

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Sports
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We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to. – Johann von Goethe

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The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it. – Elder Cloward

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Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. – Mahatma Gandhi

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