"Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give."
"Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next."
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Source: Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose, and Live with Acceptable Risk. Book by Ben Carson and Gregg Lewis, 2008.
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