The first and greatest victory is to conquer self.

Plato

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El mayor descubrimiento de mi generación es que un ser humano puede cambiar su vida cambiando su actitud mental.

It's impossible to engage people when you're not engaged yourself, and if you're not engaged then why should they be.

Gordon Tredgold

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Augustine of Hippo

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be, be one.

Marcus Aurelius

I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.

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