Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it. In my day I was told women didn’t go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn’t. – Gertrude B. Elion

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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. ― Oscar Wilde

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Resiliency is something you do, more than something you have. . . You become highly resilient by continuously learning your best way of being yourself in your circumstance. — Al Siebert,

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Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Dr. Robert Schuller

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If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. — Frank A. Clark

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Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. — Oprah Winfrey

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You train hard and I'll train hard, and may the best man win, and good luck to both of us. — Manny Pacquiao

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As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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