Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. ― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

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Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

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Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. — Jesse Owens

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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

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If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. — Steve Jobs

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Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success. ― Roy T. Bennett

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