"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

Optimism, Ability, Measure

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"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

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Robin Williams, American Comedian

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Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"Feeling like, life has been so unfair to me, but what can I say except, 'I'm still here.' So I'm determined to make the best out of it, take every opportunity as a blessing, and live the rest of my life to the fullest."

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"Act as though everything will be perfectly fine - because it will. Life has you and it's not letting you go."

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"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

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"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

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"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."

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"Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."

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"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."

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