The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

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"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage

"When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to the happiness that you can give out."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Compassion

"Women must learn to play the game as men do."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Empowerment

"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."

- Albert Einstein

Insight

"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."

- Touko Aozaki

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"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."

- Albert Einstein

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"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"

- Steven Wright

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"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."

- Jack

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