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"Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed."
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"Self-discipline is nothing but self-consciousness."
"To truly be better than your past self, you must practice the rule of ten thousand hours and you must invest so much time building yourself up."
"Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations for sleep is a recreation. Add not therefore sauce to sauce. ... Pastime like wine is poison in the morning. It is then good husbandry to sow the head which hath lain fallow all night with some serious work."
"Only a changed person can live according to the law."
"Don't let your imperfections conveniently excuse you from having discipline. Have the courage to work through your imperfections."
"Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in."
"The willingness to burn your ships, cut off all sources of retreat, and take decisive action is often the only assured path to success."
"If you can cope the pride when winning,then you can confront despair when lose."
"The level of Personal Responsibility in developed countries is averagely much higher than is seen in developing nations."
"You must stop been so carnal and learn to say no to people, if it concerns the things of God."
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"Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things."
"In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm."
"My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, the stories activated, sowing themselves."
"Back at the Chateau Windsor there was a rat-like scratching at the door of my room. Vinod, the youngest servant, came in with a soda water. He placed it next to the bag of toffees. Then he watched me read. I was used to being observed reading. Sometimes the room would fill like a railway station at rush hour and I would be expected to cure widespread boredom."
"My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts."
"Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends."
"For me, nature is something you watch on the Discovery Channel, or on the evening news -- as you learn how much more of it's been savaged to make way for the Blackberry realm that is my home."
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