One cannot manage too many affairs: like pumpkins in the water, one pops up while you try to hold down the other.

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"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."

- Chinese Proverb

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"Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still."

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"A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses."

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"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."

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"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."

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"Either you run the day or the day runs you."

- Jim Rohn

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"Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short."

- Paul Graham

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"Don’t count the days, make the days count."

- Muhammad Ali

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"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

- Sam Levenson

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"It’s not about having time. It’s about making time."

- Unknown

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