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"In order to make our gifts perfect, you need to work on yourself but it hurts."

"Don't be too comfortable with employment discover yourself and see what you can achieve for yourself."

"Expand and extend yourself to effectively fulfill purpose."

"To grow unique beauty, be wild and live in the wilderness of your mind."

"In order to grasp the principles of spiritual growth, you need to be filled with understanding and the wisdom of God."

"When trees fall on trees, the topmost tree must first be removed before others. Don't be too concerned about the problems of the past. What matters most is the challenge at hand now!"

"Celebrate your achievements, but never let them sink you into the pool of complacency."

"When you reassess where you are and what you've done, new factors may come to light to help you make more informed choices moving forward. Whether your assessment encourages you to rest happily on your laurels or change directions, reassessment is incredibly valuable."
Explore more quotes by Mary Antin

"The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them."

"As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns."

"If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them."

"We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful."

"The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die."

"One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue."

"On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles."

"You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose."
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