Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Subject:
Leadership   
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
Subject:
Genius   
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Subject:
Stupidity   
Work: Self-Reliance
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Enthusiasm   
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Nature hates calculators.
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Nature   
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Subject:
Effort   
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Subject:
Civilization   
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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Subject:
Moderation   
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Our best thoughts come from others.
Subject:
Thinking   
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
Subject:
Courage   
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Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.
Subject:
Philosophical   
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
Subject:
Mankind   
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
Subject:
Common Sense   
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Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
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Marriage   
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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Sports & Competition   
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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Subject:
Action   
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Sports & Competition   
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
Subject:
Leadership   
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Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.
Subject:
Conversation   
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