Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ― Helen Keller

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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. — Lao Tzu

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We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them. — Albert Einstein

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Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life. ― Robin S. Sharma

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Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. – Maya Angelou

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Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. — Mark Twain

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We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment. ― David Levithan

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