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    When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
    his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
    Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
    not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

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When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never read more

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

by Edith Hamilton Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are
the gift of fortune, while character comes read more

I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are
the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

by Plautus Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.

No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.

by B. Dodge Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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God gave burdens, also shoulders.

God gave burdens, also shoulders.

by Yiddish Proverb Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

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Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his
thumb on the scales.

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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

by Elmer Letterman Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

by Seneca Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"

You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"

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