Cynics do not create.
- Topic: Confidence, Self-esteem
- Location: Hawaii, Maui
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.
