You must be prepared to work always without applause.

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Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them. ― Roy T. Bennett

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As the psychologist Daniel Gilbert observed, disbelieving is hard work, and System 2 is easily tired. ― Daniel Kahneman

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When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.

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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose. ― Ayn Rand,

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Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation. — W. Edwards Deming

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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. - Gustave Flaubert

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A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do. ― Haruki Murakami

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A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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Motivation is not a thinking word; it's a feeling word. — John P. Kotter

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