Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. — Oprah Winfrey

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill

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Be positive in your thoughts, passionate in your words and purposeful in your actions. Clean thoughts, Cool words and Clear actions are the impressions that appeal to success. ― Israelmore Ayivor

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The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time. – Joe Girard

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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. —John Wooden

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It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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I never dreamt of success. I worked for it. —Estée Lauder

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If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. — Jim Rohn

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Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

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You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

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