Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself. — William Faulkner

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Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.

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Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! — Anne Frank

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In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. — Bill Cosby

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It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

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Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

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We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. - Henry James

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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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Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe. — Mark Twain

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