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Sit all together in meditation. Become peacefully calm and quiet, without motion, without stillness, without birth, without destruction, without coming or going, with no judgments… — Huineng
You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones. — Saint Augustine
Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best. — Marcel Proust
It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach… — Boyd K. Packer
At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You… — Cesare Pavese
The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort: with it a calm passage is to be made across many a bad night. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Making sure all our students get a great education, find a career that's fulfilling and rewarding, and have a chance to live out their dreams… — Bill Gates
My mom always tells me that... Nobody is going to remember you for the great basketball player you are but they will remember you for… — Isaiah Austin
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march… — Sun Tzu
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and… — Sun Tzu
If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to… — Sun Tzu
We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6)… — Sun Tzu
Great results, can be achieved with small forces. — Sun Tzu
One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all. — Sun Tzu
War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others. — Carl von Clausewitz
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is… — Carl von Clausewitz
Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I have always had great difficulty-since… — J. William Fulbright
They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain… — Thomas More
Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars. — John F. Kennedy
I've never been part of anything so great as those three kids. — Al Roker
Your love for what you do and willingness to push yourself where others aren't prepared to go is what will make you great. — Unknown Author
Everyone has the ability to accomplish unique feats, everyone. You choose this. Become someone great in one other life. Forget about failing to many. Who… — Tom Platz
It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good… — Henry Rollins

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