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"There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself."	Andrew Carnegie
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."	Edmund Burke
"The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed."	Henry Ford
"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done."	Henry Ford
"No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise."	William Congreve
"The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money."	Author Unknown
"We are too busy mopping the floor to turn off the faucet."	Author Unknown
"God has not called us to see through each other, but to see each other through."	Author Unknown
"When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world."	Author Unknown
"A good example has twice the value of good advice."	Author Unknown
"Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half."	Author Unknown
"Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships."	Author Unknown
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."	Mother Teresa
"Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once."	Isaac Asimov
"Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Things of the spirit differ from things material in that the more you give the more you have."	Christopher Morley
"You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself."	Gene Mauch
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."	Mother Teresa
"Know your limits... but never stop trying to exceed them."	Author Unknown
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."	Mark Twain
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