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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

May, Path, Leave

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Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Aldous Huxley

Experience, Happens

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Audrey Hepburn

Good, Knowledge, Alone

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

Experience, May, Learn

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordan

Work, Give, Through

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates

True, Nothing, Knowing

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere

Best, Patience, Wise

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela

Good, Heart, Head

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Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Khalil Gibran

Teacher, Wise, Mind

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
Lucille Ball

Done, Regret, Rather

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson

Book, Honesty, Chapter

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward

Change, Wind, Pessimist

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Wise, Fool, Himself

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela

Heart, Him, Talk

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
John C. Maxwell

Smart, Strong, Mistakes

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Jim Rohn

Between, Discipline, Goals

Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi

Win, Winners, Quit

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature, Patience, Her

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
George Bernard Shaw

Knowledge, Ignorance, Dangerous

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein

Reality, Illusion, Persistent

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius

Cannot, Action, Goals

Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao Tzu

Great, Strength, Silence

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
Phil Jackson

Mind, Heart, Keep

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