These small things-nutrition, place, climate, recreation, the whole casuistry of selfishness-are inconceivably more important than everything one has taken to be important so far.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Elon Musk

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I have a strong belief in the importance of education.

Ratan Tata

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It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.

Neil Young

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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Nelson Mandela

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It is a good instinct if you don't distort it and pervert it. Don't give it up. Keep feeling the need for being important. Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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