Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try. - Joyce Meyer

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

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Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ― Maya Angelou

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Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently. – Marie Forleo

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When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

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You always pass failure on the way to success. ― Mickey Rooney

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If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. — Jim Rohn

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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance ― E.E. Cummings

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