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"If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete." -  Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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"People  are not disturbed by things but by the views they take of them."  --Epictetus, first century A.D.

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"Evil can slip in and blend in, amid the most civilized of surroundings. In the end, only conscience can stop it." George W. Bush on pg 83 of this book.

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"Wealth is when small efforts produce big results. Poverty is when big efforts produce small results." - George David.

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"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new." quoted from Ursula K. Le Guin, author of this book.

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" No one could hurt you if you didn't let them. A good offense was the best defense." From Page 10.

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"Be mindful of your thought, for they become your words.

Be choiceful of your words, for they become your actions.

Be purposeful in your actions, for they become your reputation.

Be protective of your reputation, for it becomes your legacy."

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" Your strengths alone may not get you where you want to go, but unaddressed weaknesses will almost certainly keep you from getting there" - John F. Lundgren - Chairman & CEO, The Stanley Works.

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"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the level of thinking that created them." - Albert Einstein

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" A wise man will make more opportunity than he finds." - Francis Bacon

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"Better to be proficient in one art than a smatterer in a hundred." - Japanese Proverb

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" You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny." - Upanishad

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"When you are inspired by some great purpose.... you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world." - Patanjali

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"What makes this world so great is that we are free to express ourselves." - Frank Cooper

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"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are" - E.E. Cummings

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"I dream my painting and paint my dream." - Vincent Van Gogh

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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

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"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises" - Demosthenes

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"Don't confuse excellene with complexity."

--Alan Koehler, The Madison Avenue Cookbook.

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" Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?"

-- Proverbs --

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