"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."
"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance."
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Source: Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”
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