The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

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It’s always better to shock people and change people’s expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do. — Jonah Hill

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

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To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. — Sugar Ray Robinson

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The Buddha said, 'Nothing can survive without food.' This is a very simple and very deep truth. Love and hate are both living phenomena. If we do not nourish our love, it will die and may turn into hate. If we want love to last, we have to nurture it and give it food every day. Hate is the same; if we don't feed it, it cannot survive.

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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

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The hard days are what make you stronger. ― Aly Raisman

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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

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The difficulty for me is that I'm interested in so many different things. I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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