I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. — Nelson Mandela

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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can. - Martha Graham

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The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. — Florence Nightingale

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Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.

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When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. — Helen Keller

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Champions keep playing until they get it right. — Billie Jean King

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So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the standard of thought and conduct from the low level of selfishness and self-indulgence up to the lofty realms of aspirational thought and self-denial. — Ossian Everett Mills

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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

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