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«No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.»
«If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe»
«Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.»
Author: Heraclitus of Ephesus | About: Men | Keywords: achieves, nearly, seriousness
«Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-idea individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas.»
«One, who acquires knowledge and then pass it on to others, gets all his wishes fulfilled and achieves success, happiness and prosperity in his life. »
«It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness / it is not merely mechanical, it is not only spiritual; it is something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one.»
«It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.»
Author: Stephen King (Writer) | About: Evil | Keywords: achieves, cost, goodness, terrific
«Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.»
«I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavor potential.»
«It is a good lesson /though it may often be a hard one /for a man who has dreamed of literary fame, and of making for himself a rank among the world's dignitaries by such means, to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are recognized, and to find how utterly devoid of all significance, beyond that circle, is all that he achieves, and all he aims at.»

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