Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

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People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

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The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. - Charles R. Swindoll

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Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performing the act but does not do so, then it is reasonable to assume that it is motivation which is lacking. The appropriate countermeasure then involves increasing the subjective value of the desired act relative to any competing response tendencies he might have, rather than having the model senselessly repeat an already redundant sequence of behavior.

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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined... ― Henry David Thoreau

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Lord, help me to see what comes my way as an opportunity instead of an inconvenience.

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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. — Wayne Gretzky

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Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.

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If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas A. Edison

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