Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.

Chuck Close

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Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone's life in a very positive way are better.

You will find that the more successful the individual, the less inclined he is to make excuses.

David Joseph Schwartz

It's just as important to remember that each footstike carries you forward, not backward. And every time you put on your running shoes you are different in come way than you were the day before. This is all good news.

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.

Florence Nightingale

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

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