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“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
— SocratesAncient Greek
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
— Lao TzuChinese
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”
— Marcus AureliusRoman
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
— AristotleAncient Greek
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”
— BuddhaIndian
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
— SenecaRoman
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
— Dalai LamaTibetan
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
— Oscar WildeIrish
“This too shall pass.”
— Persian ProverbPersian
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— SocratesAncient Greek
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
— Zig ZiglarAmerican
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
— Japanese ProverbJapanese
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
— SocratesAncient Greek
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
— SenecaRoman
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
— Marcus AureliusRoman