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
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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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.