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“None want to know the ignorant. Some want to know the simple. Many want to know the profound. Countless want to know the mysterious. Draw people with you mind, and they are yours temporarily. Draw people with your heart, and they are yours enduringly. Draw people with you soul, and they are yours permanently.”

“If people like you, you're worth much to them. If people desire you, you're worth more to them. If people need you, you're worth everything to them. Make people like you, and they will go ten extra miles for you. Make them admire you, and they will go a hundred extra miles for you. Make them love you, and they will go a thousand extra miles for you. Make them adore you, and they will even go a million extra miles for you.”

“The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.”

“At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.”

“You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.”

“The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.”

“Live each day as if it were your last; love each day as if you will live forever.”

“Life is short, death is long, days are narrow, and years are wide.”

“The sweetest fruits grow at the top of a tree so that only those who deserve them can reach them.”

“A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.”

“Before you look for dirt in people, look for treasure.”

“Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.”

“If roses tried to be sunflowers, they would lose their beauty; and if sunflowers tried to be roses, they would lose their strength.”