"I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy."

-- John F. Kennedy

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“Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter into the good graces of the flattered.”
“My heart is a flower blossoming out of my mouth.”
“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.”
“It's all a compost heap. You just put down a layer of humus that helps other stuff grow. Your work will all be forgotten, but it will help stuff grow.”
“Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.”

Source : Mia Couto, David Brookshaw (2006). “Sleepwalking Land”, p.39, Profile Books
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
“I feel confident because I'm the best player in the world. It's that simple.”
“We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy.”

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