"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."
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"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."
"Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."
"Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent."
"No one else can hold your hand or take this voyage of the soul for you."
"It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required."
"A journey to Thousand miles begins with one step"
"A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. A goal is what specifically you intend to make happen. Dreams and goals should be just out of your present reach but not out of sight. Dreams and goals are coming attractions in your life."
"Sometimes new opportunity means new opposition. Not everything God asks us to do will be comfortable."
"Stop worrying and start living."
"I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it."
"Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me."
"Ask yourself, 'how long am I going to work to make my dreams come true?' I suggest you answer, 'as long as it takes.'"
"The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end."
"I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more."
"I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games."
"Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other."
"And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here."
"You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this."
"No one knows what they can do until they try."