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It's not the critic who counts. It's not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled. Credit belongs to the man who really was in the arena, his face marred by dust, sweat, and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs to come short and short again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming. It is the man who actually strives to do the deeds, who knows the great enthusiasm and knows the great devotion, who spends himself on a worthy cause, who at best, knows in the end the triumph of great achievement. And, who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and cruel souls who know neither victory nor defeat. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns out sour in the end. But if you take the hard path-ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something. ↗

— Rick Riordan

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Maybe we all just want to feel special, even for a little while, to be fooled for a bit into feeling something besides the truth of our own ordinariness. ↗

— Deb Caletti

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Remember when your curiosity inspired your investigative mind to explore and learn… you weren’t bogged down with resentment, cynicism, and emotional baggage… just think about how great it would be to return to that mindset of unencumbered learning and adventurous living… you are just one choice away from that life… choose to let go of the infertile past… go live your adventure! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#curiosity #inspirational #learning #life #experience

Fear can keep you up all night, but faith makes one fine pillow. ↗

— Philip Gulley

#life-quotes #motivational-quotes #faith

Instead of accepting ourselves as we are, we try to imitate what we see around us. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

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where there is never sunshine darkness isn't a scary thing ↗

— Peter Adejimi

#fear #inspiration #inspirational

The world does not divide into enemies and friends, but into the weak and strong. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

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Merrill Krause - You mentioned God's will for me. How will I know what that is, Father? Bogart Krause - I've always believed it to start with prayer. The Good Book says that if a man wants wisdom, he just has to ask. I would imagine it works the same way for womenfolk. If you want to know what God's plan is -- then I would ask Him. Couldn't hurt to search the Scriptures, too. And listen to what He is telling you inside. Even when you don't think you're hearing anything, keep listening. ↗

— Tracie Peterson

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Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity; it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. ↗

— William Faulkner

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