If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Colin Powell

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You cannot change your future; but, you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.

Dr. Abdul Kalam

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