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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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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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Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.