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“Both of us on the cusp of adulthood, and this is how my brother and I understood what it meant to be a woman: working, dour, full of worry. What it meant to be a man: resentful, angry, wanting life to be everything but what it was.”

— Jesmyn Ward

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Jesmyn Ward Quote: “Both of us on the cusp of adulthood, and this is how my brother and I understood what it meant to be a woman: working, dour, full of worry. What it meant to be a man: resentful, angry, wanting life to be everything but what it was.”

“Both of us on the cusp of adulthood, and this is how my brother and I understood what it meant to be a woman: working, dour, full of worry. What it meant to be a man: resentful, angry, wanting life to be everything but what it was.”

— Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward Quote: “Both of us on the cusp of adulthood, and this is how my brother and I understood what it meant to be a woman: working, dour, full of worry. What it meant to be a man: resentful, angry, wanting life to be everything but what it was.”

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— Elbert Hubbard

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2. “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”

— Elbert Hubbard

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3. “Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”

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4. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”

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5. “A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

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6. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

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7. “Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.”

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8. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.”

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9. “To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

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10. “If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.”

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11. “Nothing is permanent but change.”

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12. “One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”

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13. “The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.”

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14. “We work to become, not to acquire.”

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15. “He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”

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16. “Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.”

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17. “Happiness is a habit – cultivate it.”

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18. “Growth is often a painful process.”

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19. “Responsibility is the price of freedom.”

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20. “No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.”

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21. “Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They’re realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.”

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22. “The cure for grief is motion.”

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23. “We are punished by our sins, not for them.”

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24. “Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”

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25. “Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.”

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26. “Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.”

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27. “Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.”

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28. “How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success.”

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30. “In order to have friends, you must first be one.”

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31. “The cheerful loser is the winner.”

— Elbert Hubbard

32. “The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.”

— Elbert Hubbard

33. “Never explain – your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”

— Elbert Hubbard

34. “Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.”

— Elbert Hubbard

35. “Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.”

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36. “Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.”

— Elbert Hubbard

37. “Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.”

— Elbert Hubbard

38. “If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.”

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39. “Art is not a thing; it is a way.”

— Elbert Hubbard

40. “A goal without a plan is a dream.”

— Elbert Hubbard

41. “God is good, there is no devil but fear.”

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42. “Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.”

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43. “Life is just one damned thing after another.”

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44. “The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”

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45. “No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.”

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46. “History: gossip well told.”

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47. “Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!”

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48. “The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”

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49. “Everything comes too late for those who only wait.”

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50. “If your religion does not change you, then you should change your religion.”

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