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"The number one skill in life is not giving up."
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"Giving up isn't a deed. It is 'discontinuity' of a deed."
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"The third level of prayer, which is much more serious is knocking."
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"Don't give up searching."
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"Persistence is the source of great strength."
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"A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond."
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"To pray is to make petition."
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"Take the broken pieces of your life, bake a master cake out of it. Don't stand still like a lake; keep flowing like a stream!"
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"If you want a fried fish to fly and enter your mouth, you must keep waiting till the unending time ends. Dead fish doesn't fly. If you want to eat it, your own hands must carry it."
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"God wants us to move persistently towards His goals."
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"You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York."
Nature
"A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands."
Life
"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
Life
"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."
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"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."
Birds
"A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration."
Encouragement
"If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens."
Painting
"I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget."
Reading
"This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."
Respect
"Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money."
Money
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