We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.

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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. — Henry David Thoreau

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The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. — Colin R. Davis

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It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. ― Booker T. Washington

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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how. - Henry Ward Beecher

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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

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In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. —John Wooden

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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

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