A gem is not

A gem is not
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.
  

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Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.
Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.
A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out
We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.
Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.
Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.
In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.
Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.
Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.