There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

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"Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore."

- Hindu proverb

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"He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor."

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"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe"

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"There are hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading to the same place, so it doesn’t matter which path you take. The only person wasting time is the one who runs around the mountain, telling everyone that his or her path is wrong."

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"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."

- Mortimer J. Adler

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"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."

- Anon

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"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."

- Archer

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"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."

- Roronoa Zoro

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"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"

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