They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

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I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

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I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

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His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

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It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

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The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

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