Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

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Work hard at work worth doing. — Theodore Roosevelt

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Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds. ― Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. ― Stephen King

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Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.

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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. – Edmund Hillary

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You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

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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. ― C.S. Lewis

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If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple. -- Bryan Cranston

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Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. ― Paulo Coelho

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