(Note: The phrase "Been there, done that" alludes to the speaker's having experienced the subject under discussion very intimately or thoroughly.)

"I don’t want to hear about the moon from a man who has not been there." - Mark Twain

"Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly." - Robert Kennedy

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." — Nelson Mandela

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." - William Stekel

"One who can control himself when in anger, in passion, in fear, and in attraction is safe from the hands of the devil and the fires of hell." - Muhammad

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to that person's committment to excellence, regardless of the chosen field of endeavor" - Vince Lombardi

"You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence." - Robert Frost

"Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear." - Upanishads, c. BCE 800

"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become." - Jim Rohn

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