The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. - Ayn Rand

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The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

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You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.

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Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.... ― George Bernard Shaw

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Failure is success in progress

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You always pass failure on the way to success. ― Mickey Rooney

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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. ― George Bernard Shaw

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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

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Action is the foundational key to all success. — Pablo Picasso

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