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"Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen."
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"The chance that you will become a master in something after the first attempt is neither here nor there. You don't get master's degree by attending school on the first day! Time will tell, so you got to persist!"

"Today I can joyfully say that one of the best undertakings I have ever made was to study the subject of responsibility."

"Education is not only learning the information, but it is also about gaining experience to unlock the door to wisdom."

"Teenagers are never joking. when seeking to prove a point, principals and teachers should remember that teenagers are never, ever sarcasic or ironic. if they say "I wish someone would drop a bomb on this school right now," that means they have arranged for a nuclear arsenal to be emptied onto the school and should be immediately suspended and ridiculed. if they say they were merely coming up with a joking excuse to postpone a bio test, reply that all jokes are funny, and that since dropping a bomb on a school is not funny, it is therefore not a joke."

"Although he didn't care much about any subject for its own sake, he cared a great deal about marks (grades or comparisons)."

"Intellectual death is endemic in areas where people are not prepared to gain new information for development. Learning is the intervention!"

"More faults are created than cured by professional teachers."
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"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."

"So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late."

"There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men."

"I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it."

"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive."

"If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got."

"The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better."
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