Failure it appears is not the regret that haunts most people; it is the choice not to risk failure at all. – Dr. John Izzo

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs. -MF Doom

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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific. ― Lily Tomlin

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Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?

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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets. — Leonardo Da Vinci

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At one time I had given much thought to why men were so very rarely capable of living for an ideal. Now I saw that many, no, all men were capable of dying for one.

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Courage isn’t having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don’t have the strength. ― Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you’re going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill

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