我々が生きていく中で為すべきことは、他人を追い抜くことではなく自分自身を乗り越えること――自己の記録を破り、昨日の自分を今日の自分が上回ることなのだ。 - スチュアート・Ｂ・ジョンソン (1938 - )
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. - Stewart B. Johnson (1938 - )
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