Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

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My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you. ― Aeschylus

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There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. — Dalai Lama

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A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever. — Mary Lou Retton

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Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day. — Alice Morse Earle

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The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.

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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

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We know too much and feel too little. At least, we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs.

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

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My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.

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