There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold.

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I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against...

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against...

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

Courage is one step ahead of fear.

You can't look forward and backward at the same time.

You can't look forward and backward at the same time.

We need to dream big dreams, propose grandiose means if we are to recapture the...

We need to dream big dreams, propose grandiose means if we are to recapture the...

Don't lower your standards. Instead, wait for people to rise up to your expectations.

Don't lower your standards. Instead, wait for people to rise up to your expectations.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and...

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

Here's to the people who always have a smile on their face and no matter...

Here's to the people who always have a smile on their face and no matter...

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from...

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from...

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that...

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

I hate when I beat someone at something and their excuse is, 'I wasn't even...

I hate when I beat someone at something and their excuse is, 'I wasn't even...

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

People Express is clearly the archetypical deregulation success story and the most spectacular of my...

People Express is clearly the archetypical deregulation success story and the most spectacular of my...

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Getting into an argument is like being arrested, because everything you say will be used...

Getting into an argument is like being arrested, because everything you say will be used...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...