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  Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade? - Benjamin Franklin We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. - Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Autobiography I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. - Henry David Thoreau We believe that if men have the talent to invent need machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. - John F. Kennedy Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915 You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. - Rosalynn Carter Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. - Cicero If you cannot convince them...

  Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. - Ralph Waldo Emerson When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. - Harry S Truman A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but where they ought to be. - Rosalynn Carter Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. - William Blake You may delay, but time will not. - Benjamin Franklin Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. - Louis L'Amour Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week. - Will Rogers MORE... NICE

  Harry S Truman Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything. --Harry S Truman I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. --Frank Zappa Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. -- Plato If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. --Henry Ford Indecision may or may not be my problem. --Jimmy Buffett Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. --Thomas Jefferson If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either. --Dick Cavett I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. --Albert Einstein One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. - Marie Curie, Letter to her brother, 1894 No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937 READ MORE Check out Lemp...

Albert Einstein. Photo: bbc.com Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. - Pablo Picasso It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S Truman Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. - Dale Carnegie People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. - W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 1915 Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. - Abraham Lincoln The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. - Cecil B. DeMille Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. - Emily Dickinson You always pass failure on the way to success. - Mickey Rooney ...

Jackie Mason. Photo: Google I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something. - Jackie Mason Too much of a good thing is wonderful. - Mae West A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. - Lord Chesterfield Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. - Euripides If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play. - John Cleese I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. ...