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Absorb what is useful,

discard what is not,

add what is uniquely your own.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains

about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics:

freedom for slave owners.

Do not depend on others for your success;

build your own strength.

I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent,

and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.

The man who loves other countries as much as

his own stands on a level with the man

who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

The best chance to deploy capital is when things are going down.

We take care of our own.

If you aren’t willing to own a stock for 10 years,

don’t even think about owning it for 10 minutes.

A samurai should always be prepared for death whether his own or someone else's.

There is only one corner

of the universe you can

be certain of improving,

and that's your own self.

Buy into a company because you want to own it,

not because you want the stock to go up.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,

but what you want is someone,

who will take the bus with you,

when the limo breaks down.

I'm a big 'Goosebumps' fan

Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes.'

My favorites are the pick your

own death ones.

Happiness is a butterfly,

which when pursued,

is always just beyond

your grasp, but which,

if you will sit down quietly,

may alight upon you.

The man of genius inspires us

with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

If you think Independence Day

is America's defining holiday,

think again.

Thanksgiving deserves

that title, hands

down

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you,

speak the very truth,

as your life and conscience teach it,

and cheer the waiting,

fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do.

Fail at it.

Try again.

Do better the second time.

The only people who never tumble,

those who never mount the high wire,

This is your moment,

Own it.

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

You're on your own,

and you know what you know.

And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

The mother art is architecture.

Without an architecture of our own

we have no soul of our own civilization.