The years lay spread out before her, spacious untouched canvases on which she was presently going to paint the picture of her life. It was to be a very beautiful picture, she said to herself with an extraordinary feeling of proud confidence; not beautiful because of any gifts or skill of hers, for never was a woman more giftless, but because of all the untiring little touches, the ceaseless care for detail, the patient painting out of mistakes; and every touch and every detail was going to be aglow with the bright colours of happiness. ― Elizabeth von Arnim

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Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis

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Don't let an ordinary circumstance dim the shine of the extraordinary you. ― Hiral Nagda

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And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

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The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time. – Joe Girard

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Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. – Edwin Markham

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Always remember that you are unique  –  just like everybody else. – Unknown

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Words are your paintbrush, and your life is the canvas. You can paint whatever you want to paint. ― Miguel Ruiz

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Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them. – Orison Swett Marden

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Marvel is at its best when we see how an ordinary person has something extraordinary happen to them - whether it's Tony Stark or Bruce Banner or Peter Parker. - Jeph Loeb

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