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" Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. "

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Self-Confidence

" Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. "

" The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. "

" Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. "

" Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen. "

" Every noble work is at first impossible. "

" When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. "

" Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. "

" A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. "

" Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. "

" Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist. "

" One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. "

" A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder. "

" I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. "

" The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. "

" No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. "

" There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. "

" Endurance is patience concentrated. "

" He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. "

" Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. "

" Silence is more eloquent than words. "

" No pressure, no diamonds. "