A man is great by deeds, not ...

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
 Chanakya

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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A father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one's own home.
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He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself... is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.
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Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
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