Do not expect Plato's ideal ...

Do not expect Plato\'s ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.
Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and millions and millions of years.
 John Shelby Spong
I've always had the mentality of: work hard, get to bed early, focus - and let your work speak for itself.
 Olivia Palermo
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.

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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Everything that happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.