Don’t let your heart be a mentor, but be the mentor of your heart – Nichiren
I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul – William Ernest Henley
Those quotations helped me to believe that I could get over hardships one day, because I used to think that my dark tunnel-like life would last forever.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value – Albert Einstein
I first heard of this quote at the age of 19. It made me deliberate what “a man of value” means.
And when I heard of it from the professor at the graduation ceremony for the second time, I felt it was a sign of destiny.
This phrase taught me not to be superficial.
Boys, be ambitious! Be ambitious not for money or for selfish aggrandizement, not for that evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man ought to be – William Smith Clark
I think Clark’s phrase completes the explanation about the difference between success and value.
If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like – Goethe
One day I was so hungry and went to a fast food restaurant.
However, because I didn’t even have enough money for a one dollar burger, I ended up drinking a bottle of tap water while sniffing the flavor coming out of the McDonald’s kitchens.
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I hope this article would be somehow helpful to you.
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