“See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion;
See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious.”

Pordenone, IV

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author, critic and playwright from the United States 1837–1920

Alex Flinn book Beastly

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“those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

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“Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.”

Dale Carnegie book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

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“Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.”

Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American writer

“People can see the achievement and how hard work leads to it.”

Vincent K. Brooks (1958) United States general

As quoted in "African Americans in the Military" https://books.google.com/books?id=QF9grMa_84YC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=%22People+can+see+the+achievement+and+how+hard+work+leads+to+it.%22 (2014), by Catherine Reef, Infobase Publishing, p. 34