What do these quotes mean?

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'Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein

"Bitterness is like cancer, it eats upon it's host."- Maya Angelou

"You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." - Ann Rand

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Einstein was saying that creating a life that has value to society is better than one that only provides personal rewards.

Angelou is saying that, like cancer, bitterness eats away at you from the inside if you allow it to stay and fester.

Rand is saying that consequences have a life of their own and we can't control those. We can only control things that generate the consequences.