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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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• Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

  Robert Collier

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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• There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

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  That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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• The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

  Jimmy Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Fictional character: Dan". "Waiting...", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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  Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

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• It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.

  Scott Belsky

  Motivational, Business, Young Entrepreneurs

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• Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hipster

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• The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image.

  Anne Geddes

  Photography, Simple, Creating

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• Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.

  Steve Pavlina

  Work, Smart, Ego

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• The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Love, Boyfriend, Wisdom

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• You try to be good, to be good and loving and nice and not hard, not tough, a sweet nice girl, not ugly, not full of ugliness, but people make it impossible.

  Michelle Tea

  Girl, Sweet, Nice

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• It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

  Roger von Oech

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Creativity

  Roger Von Oech (1986). “A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge, & Warrior to Be More Creative”, Harper Perennial

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• To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "A Miscellany (A Poet's Advice to Students)". Book by E. E. Cummings edited by George James Firmage, 1958.

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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• My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.

  Gary Numan

  Jobs, Dad, Wish

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• It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  "Born to Run: Origins of the Political Career". Book by Ronald Keith Gaddie, p. 119, 2003.

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• Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging

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• All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.

  Eric Thomas

  Work, Boulevard, Hard Work

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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• Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Hard Work, Doctors, Self

  Ludwig von Mises (1985). “Theory and History”, p.263, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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  Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

  Wernher von Braun

  Wisdom, Witty, Humorous

  "Work, Society, and Culture". The New York Times, December 16, 1957.

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