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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

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I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. ↗

— Henry Ford

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As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded. ↗

— Tom Ford

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Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses. ↗

— Maureen Forrester

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No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

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A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology. ↗

— Robert Trout

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This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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