If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.

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"He that can have patience can have what he will."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

- William James

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"The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things better."

- Robert F. Kennedy

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"The best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself."

- Wallace Wattles

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"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

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"A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo una gota en el mar, pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota."

- Mother Teresa

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