The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Epictetus

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The essence of America, that which really unites us, is not ethnicity or nationality, or religion. It is an idea, and what an idea it is — that you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

Condoleezza Rice

Improvise, adapt, overcome.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

Alan Dershowitz

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

And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed).

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