Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Nelson Mandela

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The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

George Bernard Shaw

The less you want, the richer you are.

There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

The question I ask myself like almost every day is, 'Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?'

Mark Zuckerberg

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

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