Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ― Calvin Coolidge

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I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

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Selfless action is a source of strength. — Mahatma Gandhi

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With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts - Eleanor Roosevelt

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The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage they did not know they had. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them. ― Francesca Marciano

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This isn't about strength," I told him. "It's about who you're choosing to make happy. ― Alexis Hall

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Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.

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The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended. — Robert Frost

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Though nothing can bring back the hour, Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find, Strength in what remains behind. – William Wordsworth

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