I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

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If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive. ― Kenneth Goldsmith

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There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

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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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Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. ― Tim Notke

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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ― Henry Ford

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A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.

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Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. — John D. Rockefeller

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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. — Albert Einstein

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ― Helen Keller

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