I care not so much what I am ...

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

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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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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
The most unhappy and frail creatures are men and yet they are the proudest.
It is much more easy to accuse the one sex than to excuse the other.
The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.