Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

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I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. — Winston Churchill

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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

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Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

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Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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If I were a liberal Democrat, people would say I'm the super genius of all time. The super genius of all time. If you're a conservative Republican, you've got to fight for your life. It's really an amazing thing. -Donald Trump

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As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition. — Mark Twain

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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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