There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

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Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out. ― Katherine Dunham

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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. —John Wooden

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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. — Napoleon Hill

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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. —Mark Twain

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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.

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It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go. _ Jim Rohn

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Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

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