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    John Wooden
    “Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable.”
    ― John Wooden, The Essential Wooden: A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership
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    Babe Ruth
    “It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
    ― George Herman Ruth
    tags: hard-work, inspiration, teamwork
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    Thomas Jefferson
    “I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
    ― Thomas Jefferson
    tags: hard-work, luck
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    I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
    “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
    ― Jorge Luis Borges
    tags: books, library
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    Maya Angelou
    “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: adversity, character, failure, perseverance
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    Francis of Assisi
    “The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today”
    ― St. Francis Of Assisi
    tags: inspirational, leading-by-example
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    Muhammad Ali
    “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
    ― Muhammad Ali
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    Muhammad Ali
    “I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.”
    ― Muhammad Ali
    tags: inspirational
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    Muhammad Ali
    “Don't count the days, make the days count.”
    ― Muhammad Ali
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, carpe-diem
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    Muhammad Ali
    “The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”
    ― Muhammad Ali
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    Mike Krzyzewski
    “If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.”
    ― Mike Krzyzewski
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    John Wooden
    “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
    ― John Wooden
    tags: advice-for-daily-living, character, inspirational, self-image
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    John Wooden
    “Discipline yourself and others won't need to.”
    ― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
    tags: discipline, life-lessons
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    John Wooden
    “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
    ― John Wooden
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    John Wooden
    “You can’t live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
    ― John Wooden
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: books
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  • #17
    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    ― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play
    tags: misattributed-to-c-s-lewis, reading
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    C.S. Lewis
    “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, inspirational, reading, tea
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspirational
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    Jack London
    “Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.”
    ― Jack London
    tags: bluffing, making-do, poker
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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  • #24
    Socrates
    “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, wisdom
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    Socrates
    “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, philosophy
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    Socrates
    “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: education, enlightenment, learning, lifelong-learning, mentorship
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    Plato
    “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
    ― Plato, The Republic
    tags: apology, knowing, nothing, paradox, plato, republic, socrates, socratic, wisdome
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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: peace
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  • #29
    “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
    ― The XIV Dali Lama
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  • #30
    Jo Boaler
    “A lot of scientific evidence suggests that the difference between those who succeed and those who don't is not the brains they were born with, but their approach to life, the messages they receive about their potential, and the opportunities they have to learn.”
    ― Jo Boaler, Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching
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