"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."

Bell, Alexander Graham on determination
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"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

Bannister, Roger on determination
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"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! [Philippians 4:4]"

Bible on joy   

"No man is free who is not a master of himself."

Epictetus on freedom
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"Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art."

Updike, John on custom   

"When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, I can't."

Chambers, Oswald on ability
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"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on ability
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"Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones."

Goldsmith, Oliver on ability
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"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."

Collier, Robert on adversity
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"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."

Epictetus on adversity
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"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

Ali, Muhammad on determination
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"By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn."

Proverb, Latin on learning
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"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

Wilson, Earl on courage
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"Courage brother, do not stumble, though thy path be dark as night: There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God, and do the right. Let the road be dark and dreary and its end far out of sight. Face it bravely, strong or weary. Trust in God, and do the right."

Macleod, Norman on courage
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"The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on courage
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"Father, may these people have the vision to see, the faith to accept the truth, the courage to stand by that which they know is right."

Unknown, Source on courage   

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it."

Unknown, Source on courage   

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Twain, Mark on action
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"Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."

Allen, James on courage
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"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."

Aristotle on courage
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"I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames."

Brown, Les on courage
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"A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die."

Brown, Les on courage
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"It requires more courage to suffer than to die."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on courage
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"Often the test of courage is not to die but to live."

Alfieri, Vittorio, Conte Di on courage
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"The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous."

Alexander, Shana on excellence
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"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon on courage
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"Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows."

Rodman, Frances on courage
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"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, Here comes number seventy-one!"

DeVos, Richard M. on perseverance
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"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve."

Allen, George on perseverance
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"I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have ? life itself."

Anderson, Walter on responsibility
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."

Keller, Helen on risk
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"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible."

Maxim, Cadet on risk
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"What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all."

Lindbergh, Charles A. on risk
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"Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try."

Ash, Mary Kay on risk
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"Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."

Anderson, Walter on risk
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"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."

Allen, Woody on risk
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"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

Ali, Muhammad on risk
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"One who lacks courage to start has already finished"

Unknown, Source on courage   

"If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me."

Landers, Ann on courage
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"It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It is harder to stay where you are than to get out."

Rossner, Judith on courage
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