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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little c

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. – Sydney Smith

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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. – Sydney Smith

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Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. – Sydney Smith

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He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted. – Red Auerbach

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All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do…. Build, therefore, your own world. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature

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Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame. – Thomas à Kempis

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Your value is the product of your thoughts. Do not miscalculate your self worth by multiplying your insecurities. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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