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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word — excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it

© Pearl Buck:

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift

© Harry Burchell Mathews

The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finishing line

The path to success is to take massive, determined action

© Anthony Robbins

Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world

© Eleanor Roosevelt

Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good

© Ralph Emerson

Mind is everything: muscle, pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind

© Paavo Nurmi

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat

© Napoleon Hill

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible

© Tony Robbins

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed

© Buddha