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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Satchel Paige

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I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that. ↗

— Ron Davies

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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

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The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. ↗

— Epictetus

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