Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

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You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.― Abraham Lincoln

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When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. — Helen Keller

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Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.

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Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

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It doesn't matter what the other is being, doing, having, saying, wanting, demanding. It doesn't matter what the other is thinking, expecting, planning. It only matters what you are being in relationship to that.

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There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.

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Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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From the standpoint of education, genius means essentially 'giving birth to the joy in learning.' I'd like to suggest that this is the central task of all educators. It is the genius of the student that is the driving force behind all learning. Before educators take on any of the other important issues in learning, they must first have a thorough understanding of what lies at the core of each student's intrinsic motivation to learn, and that motivation originates in each student's genius. — Thomas Armstrong

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