There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. — Nelson Mandela

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I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. — Marie Curie

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There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

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Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand. ― Oprah Winfrey

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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ― Thich Nhat Hang

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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

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It is never too late to be what you might have been. ― Unknown

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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change. ― Miles Davis

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