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"The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do."
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"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

"Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none. But talent only functions when it's supported by a tough, unyielding physical and mental focus. All it takes is one screw in your brain to come loose and fall off, or some connection in your body to break down, and your concentration vanishes, like the dew at dawn. If talent's the foundation you rely on, and yet it's so unreliable that you have no idea what's going to happen to it the next minute, what meaning does it have?"

"We all have ability. The difference is how we use it."
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"There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us."

"Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it."

"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson."

"Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours."

"Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world."

"Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances."

"A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements."
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