The hard days are what make you stronger. ― Aly Raisman

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There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women. — Malala Yousafzai

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You can develop a burning desire to succeed. How? Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want.

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There are no negatives in life, only challenges to overcome that will make you stronger. - Eric Bates

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It always seems impossible until it's done. — Nelson Mandela

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We are all dying, every moment that passes of every day. That is the inescapable truth of this existence. It is a truth that can paralyze us with fear, or one that can energize us with impatience, with the desire to explore and experience, with the hope- nay, the iron-will!- to find a memory in every action. To be alive, under sunshine, or starlight, in weather fair or stormy. To dance with every step, be they through gardens of flowers or through deep snows. ― R.A. Salvatore

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Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can. – Vince Lombardi

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You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. — A.A Milne

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Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there – the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.

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All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them. — Viola Davis

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