Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ― Calvin Coolidge

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Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. _ Albert Schweitzer

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The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.

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So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the standard of thought and conduct from the low level of selfishness and self-indulgence up to the lofty realms of aspirational thought and self-denial. — Ossian Everett Mills

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If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. — Albert Einstein

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The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. — Dr. Seuss

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Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

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There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.

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Love yourself first and everything falls into line.

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Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.

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