“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
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“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.”
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“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”
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“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”
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“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
― Letter to My Daughter
(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
― Letter to My Daughter
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