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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