Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. — Ralph Marston

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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ― Henry David Thoreau

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It's the one thing 'Blue Peter' has in common with the LAPD, they make you give back your badge. - Richard Bacon

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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. ― Booker T. Washington

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Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference.

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The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.

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Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.

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Always define your area of excellence. Establish the area where you will be the best.

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Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

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Think about it: we went into slavery pagans; we came out Christians. We went into slavery pieces of property; we came out American citizens. We went into slavery with chains clanking about our wrists; we came out with the American ballot in our hands.

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