There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. — Nelson Mandela

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

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All grown-ups were once children but only few of them remember it.

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Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

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Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. — Rumi

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If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

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I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

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The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

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And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

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