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Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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  1. Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
  2. No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
  3. Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
  4. No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
  5. Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, th…
  6. Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
  7. Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
  8. Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.

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  • life
  • wisdom
  • time
  • decisions
  • experience

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