There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

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Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad

Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad

Opportunity makes the thief

Opportunity makes the thief

Get your feet on the ground.

Get your feet on the ground.

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it

He that followeth Nature is never out of his way

He that followeth Nature is never out of his way

He who laughs last laughs longest

He who laughs last laughs longest

Sadness and gladness succeed each other

Sadness and gladness succeed each other

Garlic is as good as ten mothers

Garlic is as good as ten mothers

Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.

Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.

No more teachers, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks.

No more teachers, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks.

There's no substitute for experience

There's no substitute for experience

If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't...

If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't...

A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment

A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment

Nothing's impossible for those who don't have to do it

Nothing's impossible for those who don't have to do it

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love

He that rewards flattery, begs it

He that rewards flattery, begs it

Cut the ground out from under him

Cut the ground out from under him

A bad worker quarrels with his tools

A bad worker quarrels with his tools

Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.

Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do...

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do...