Nothing that grieves us can be called little. By the eternal law of proportions, a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of his crown are events of the same size.

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"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

- Mark Twain

Compassion

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

- Mark Twain

Motivation

"Synergy — the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously."

- Mark Twain

Teamwork

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

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"If you don’t share someone’s pain, you can never understand them."

- Nagato

Empathy

"Empathy is being concerned about the human being, not just their output."

- Simon Sinek

Empathy

"Great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and transparent."

- Liz Wiseman

Empathy

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."

- Romans 15:5

Empathy

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

Empathy