Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy. ― Booker T. Washington

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Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

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You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ― Booker T. Washington

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Press on – nothing can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. — Alice Walker

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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

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Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company. ― Booker T. Washington

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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word -- excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. - Pearl Buck

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