Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle!

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You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.- Michael Jordan

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How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! ― Jane Austen

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My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.- Michael Jordan

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Explosions are not comfortable.

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Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.

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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. — Alexander Graham Bell

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Expect the unexpected.

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If you do the work, you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.- Michael Jordan

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