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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

-- Horace (65-8 BC) Roman Poet

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Nothing lowers the level of conversation more than raising the voice.

-- Stanley Horowitz

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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Greek Philosopher

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There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail."

-- Jim Collins, from his book, Good to Great

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Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations) are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

-- Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great"

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Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.

-- William H. Sheldon

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Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

-- Robert Brault

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For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

-- Fernandez de Andrada