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• The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well. — Pierre de Coubertin
• We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the… — Albert Camus
• Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the… — Thomas Troward
• The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one… — Margot Fonteyn
• This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
• The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace. The essential thing is simplicity.… — Philippe Petit
• Suffering, if you're a Christian, suffering is a part of life. And it's not a bad thing, it is an essential thing… — Rick Santorum
• The precise instant of creation is when you choose the subject. (meaning that the essential thing occurs at the moment when he,… — Brassai
• The physical domain of the country had its counterpart in me. The trails I made led outward into the hills and swamps,… — John Haines
• The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function… — Henri Matisse
• Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal. — Ramakrishna
• The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life… — Pierre de Coubertin

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