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“Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a matter of life and death. In social settings he was awkward and timid, but he overcame this and practice boldness in every part of his life because he saw its tremendous power, how it could literally enlarge a man(even one who, like Napoleon, was in fact conspicuously small).

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― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli