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«The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.»
«The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - and never knowing»
Author: David Viscott
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Doing Your Best,
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«The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.»
«No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.»
«There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud»
Author: Carl Sandburg
(Historian, Novelist, Poet)
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«Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.»
«One should not go into church if one wants to breathe pure air»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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«There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.»
Author: Napoleon Hill
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