You can't cross the sea ...

You can\'t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don\'t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
 Laurence J. Peter

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
 Laurence J. Peter
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
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If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
 Laurence J. Peter
Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
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There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.
 Laurence J. Peter