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This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him

© William Lyon Phelps

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved

© Helen Keller

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand

Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched

© Cervantes

One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that ones life has meaning, that one is needed in this world

© Hannah Senesh

Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations

© Philip Breedveld

Great talent finds happiness in execution

© Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens

© Epictetus

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures

© Lao Tzu

Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change

© Catherine Pulsifer