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 What the wise does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.  
 A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he was meant to be. - Frank A Clarke 
 Need is death, want is life. Overcome all need. - Jim Camp, Start with No 
 Those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. - Cohelit 
 "Life mocks our puny attempts to nail down a sure set of parenting rules." - Peter Enns 
 What the wise does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.  
 The best is still ahead.  
 In the end I'd rather say I loved too much than not enough. - Ganahl Sign 
 If you want things to stay as they are then things are going to have to change. - Robert Cialdini 
 A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he was meant to be. - Frank A Clarke 
 When the facts change I change my mind. - John Maynard Keynes 
 Our greatest strength is our greatest weakness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 
 When the student is ready the teacher will appear.  
 When the student is ready the teacher will appear.  
 Our greatest strength is our greatest weakness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 
 There is no way to peace, peace is the way. - AJ Muste 
 Thesis and antithesis produce synthesis.  
 There is a natural tendency in all men to avoid punishment. - Edwin Lefevre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator 
 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci 
 "A suboptimal strategy you can live with and execute is better than an optimal one you can't." - William Bernstein (The Intelligent Asset Allocator) 
 I can resist everything except temptation. - Oscar Wilde 
 Don’t just ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. What the world needs is people who have come alive. - Howard Thurman 
 The person who invents the game makes the rules.  
 Don’t just ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. What the world needs is people who have come alive. - Howard Thurman 
 If it is to be it’s up to me (the greatest virtue of self-reliance)  
 The person who invents the game makes the rules.  
 What the wise does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.  
 Don’t make something more accurate than it needs to be. - Fermi 
 A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he was meant to be. - Frank A Clarke 
 Glossy surfaces reflect much more than they reveal. - David Goggins, Can’t Hurt Me 
 A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he was meant to be. - Frank A Clarke 
 Value effectiveness more than comfortability.  
 Never place a period where God has placed a comma. - Gracie Allen 
 There is no way to peace, peace is the way. - AJ Muste 
 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life.  
 For in much wisdom is much vexation. - Cohelit in Ecclesiastes 
 Those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. - Cohelit 
 The best is still ahead.  
 Never place a period where God has placed a comma. - Gracie Allen 
 If it is to be it’s up to me (the greatest virtue of self-reliance)  
 If you want things to stay as they are then things are going to have to change. - Robert Cialdini 
 The thing that most affects the stock market is everything. - James Playsted Wood 
 For in much wisdom is much vexation. - Cohelit in Ecclesiastes 
 The person who invents the game makes the rules.  
 There is no way to peace, peace is the way. - AJ Muste 
 If it is to be it’s up to me (the greatest virtue of self-reliance)  
 If it is to be it’s up to me (the greatest virtue of self-reliance)  
 If you want things to stay as they are then things are going to have to change. - Robert Cialdini 
 Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted. - Howard Marks 
 For in much wisdom is much vexation. - Cohelit in Ecclesiastes 
 "A suboptimal strategy you can live with and execute is better than an optimal one you can't." - William Bernstein (The Intelligent Asset Allocator) 
 Never create an enemy. - Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference 
 Value effectiveness more than comfortability.