"The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment."

-- William Arthur Ward

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“They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that.”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.168, Applewood Books
“Assume the worst about people and you get the worst.”

Source : Ha-Joon Chang (2010). “23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism”, p.40, Penguin UK
“What's natural and right is to go with the energy of how it all has to work together. What's natural and right is interconnectedness, not individualism. What is natural and right is respect for the system, not killing the system. What's natural and right is love.”
“Christianity has held back any further advances in human consciousness for the past thousand years. And for the past century it's been in direct conflict with its illegitimate offspring, Communism (again with a capital C). Both ask the individual to sacrifice his self-interest to the higher goals of the organization. (Which is okay by me as long as it's voluntary; but as soon as either becomes too bigÂ—and takes on that damned capital CÂ—they stop asking for cooperation and start demanding it.) Any higher states of human enlightenment have been sacrificed between these two monoliths.”

Source : "The Man Who Folded Himself". Book by David Gerrold, 1973.
“Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone.”
“I'm what you call a Depression sailor.”
“This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you arenâ€™t as devastated.”

Source : Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.176, Macmillan
“You need a name.â€ I covered the receiver for a moment. â€œWe need a team name.â€ â€œHunters,â€ Raphael said. â€œValiant Knights of the Fur,â€ Dali said. â€œJustice Group,â€ Jim said. â€œSince Justice League is taken.â€ â€œFools.â€ Doolittle shook his head. â€œFools,â€ I said into the receiver.”

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