You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

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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

Education

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

- Chinese Proverb

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

- Chinese Proverb

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

- Chinese Proverb

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

- Chinese Proverb

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

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"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

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"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

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