“It asks a troublesome effort to insure the admiration of others: it is still greater one to be satisfied with one’s own thoughts.” — William Hazlitt, “On Living To One’s Self,” Table Talk
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“Her fault is not that she fails to get things right, but that she is not even trying.” — Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit
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“A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.” — Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
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“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” — Carlos Castaneda, Journey To Ixtlan
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“There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can, in the end, get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the general rule.” — Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
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“It might seem daunting to think that effort and chance, as much as innate talent, are what counts. But I find it encouraging because, while our genetic makeup is out of our control, our degree of effort is up to us.” — Leonard Mlodinow, The Drunkard’s Walk
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