I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

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"For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth."

- Plutarch

Inspiration

"Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks."

- Plutarch

Creativity

"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future."

- Plutarch

Learning

"A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service."

- Plutarch

Responsibility

"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality."

- Plutarch

Empowerment

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief