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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”
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“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
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“Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be.”
Source : Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1860). “Historical pictures retouched: A volume of miscellanies. In two parts”, p.169
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“I was born optimistic...I was laughing from the beginning of my life.”
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“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
Source : Antonio Gramsci (2011). “Letters from Prison”, p.299, Columbia University Press
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“I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.”
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“Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.”
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“If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.”
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“The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.”
Source : Sir Walter Scott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott (Illustrated)”, p.5509, Delphi Classics
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“Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.”
Source : Ethel Alec-Tweedie, Mrs Alec-Tweedie (1904). “Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins”
