Man
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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