"The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual."

Growth, Self, Spirit

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"The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual."

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"Growth occurs when we discover how to remain authentically ourselves in the presence of potentially threatening things. Maturity is the possession of coping skills: we can take in our stride things that previously would have knocked us off course. We are less fragile, less easily shocked and hence more capable of engaging with situations as they really are."

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"The reason we have not gone to newspapers is because its a slow growth industry and I think they are dying. I'm not sure there will be newspapers in 10 years. I read newspapers every day. I even read Murdoch's Wall Street Journal."

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"When you appeal to force there's one thing you must never do - lose."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older self and was, therefore, capable of teaching."

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"Be a learning machine. What made you money last year, won't necessarily make you money this and next year."

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"Similar to a how a flower grows incrementally, people also blossom in stages. As we age, we expand our knowledge of how the world works and how other people respond to our deeds. We also expand our language skills in order to communicate both our thoughts and feelings."

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"Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step."

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"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles."

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