When a child wants to be accepted, he'll do anything. And if it means you're getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that's what you'll do.

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If you own this story you get to write the ending. — Brené Brown

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

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Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

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Remember, you have the power to create the life you want.

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Life is to be lived, not controlled and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ― Ralph Ellison

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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

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My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.

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