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«Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.»
«I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.»
«It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.»
«I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.»
«I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor»
«Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.»
Author: William James (Philosopher, Psychologist) | About: People | Keywords: find out, wind
«It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.»
«Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds»
«It's not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship»

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