Roger Bannister, In 1952 after breaking the four minute mile
"Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead."
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Robert Louis Stevenson
"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
"That only which we have within, can we see without. If we meet no Gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is a grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps."
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Dr. Frank Richards
"All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.
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Sir Frederick Treves
"Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination.
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Nathaniel Branden
"There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity."
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M. L. Weems
"It is not then, in the glare of public, but in the shade of private life, that we are to look for the man. Private life is always real life. Behind the curtain, where the eyes of the million are not upon him...There he will always be sure to act himself: consequently, if he acts greatly (in private), he must be great indeed. Hence it has been justly said, that, 'our private deeds, if noble, are noblest of our lives'...It is the private virtues that lay the foundation of all human excellence."
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