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Let us not wait for other people to come to us and call upon us to do great deeds.
Let us instead be the first to summon the rest to the path of honor.
Show yourself to be the bravest of all the captains,
with more of a right to leadership than those who are our leaders at present.
- Xenophon
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If you know the enemy and know
yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you
know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will
also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you
will succumb in every battle.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Don’t act as if you were going to live 10,000 years. Death hangs over
us all. Whilst you’re alive, while it is in your power, be good.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.
- Albert Einstein, Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy
Curiosity.'
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Go to bed smarter than when you woke up
- Charlie Munger