Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

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Everything is falling together perfectly, even though it looks as if some things are falling apart. Trust in the process you are now experiencing.

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You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. _ A.A. Mine

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One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

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Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant.

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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. — Mahatma Gandhi

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Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.

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