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«You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.»
«We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.»
Author: Samuel Adams
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Politician)
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Keywords:
be restored,
Days of Heaven,
kingdom,
obedient,
reigning,
reigns,
restored,
restores,
restoring,
rising,
Rising Sun,
setting,
sovereign,
sovereigns,
The Rising
«You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.»
«The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.»
Author: Og Mandino
(
Essayist,
Psychologist)
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Keywords:
achieving,
As You,
boring,
brings,
chore,
closer,
close set,
convinced,
convinces,
dreams,
each day,
endurable,
fulfilling,
gains,
goals,
Goal setting,
habit,
half,
halves,
matter,
menial,
no matter,
parade,
paraded,
parading,
setting,
settings,
Set Your Goals,
task,
tedious,
victory,
won
«Three times in my life I have been captured: by the orphanage, by school, and by the Army. But I'm mistaken. The fact is I was captured only once, when I was born, only that capture is also setting free, which is what this is actually all about. The»
«To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the»
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(
Author,
Pilot,
Writer)
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About:
Pride,
Responsibility
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Keywords:
comrades,
contributing,
misery,
setting,
shame,
stone,
take pride,
The Building,
unmerited
«What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute. There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, and how to trace a path to a well. Only then will he embark upon a course of action that will not be without significance. You could not liberate a stone if there were no law of gravity -- for where will the stone go, once it is quarried?»
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(
Author,
Pilot,
Writer)
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About:
Freedom
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Keywords:
and how,
brute,
course of action,
desert,
dwells,
embark,
embarked,
embarking,
embarks,
embark on,
gravity,
law of gravity,
liberate,
quarries,
quarry,
setting,
set free,
significance,
stone,
The Quarry,
thirst,
trace,
tracing,
unfeeling