Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

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"Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes."

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"In youth we learn; in age we understand."

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"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

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