"Nothing can be more useful to a..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried.
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“We have used up all our inherited freedom, like the young bird the albumen in the egg. It is not an era of repose. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.”
“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”
“We are the subjects of an experiment which is not a little interesting to me.”
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“I walk slowly, but never backwards.”
“The attitude, 'You can win if you want to badly enough,' means that the will to win is constant. No amount of punishment, no amount of effort, no condition is too 'tough' to take in order to win. Such an attitude can be developed only if winning is closely tied to the practitioner's ideals and dreams.”
“So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.”