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• For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
  -- Johann von Goethe...
• He that knows not what the world is, knows not where he is himself.
  He that knows not for what he was made, knows not what he is nor what the world is....
• It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
  The credit belongs to he man who is actually in the arena...
• Let no man presume to give advice to others that has not first given good counsel to himself.
  -- Seneca...
• The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
• None of our men are "experts." We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert -- because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job.
  A man who knows a job sees so much more to be done than he has done, that he is always pressing forward and never gives up an instant of thought to how good and how efficient he is....
• None of our men are "experts." We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert -- because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job.
  A man who knows a job sees so much more to be done than he has done, that he is always pressing forward and never gives up an instant of thought to how good and how efficient he is....
• It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly...
• To date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man- man himself.
  He must supply his own indispensable competition. He has no enemy to help him. -- Lazarus Long...