"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."

Success, Obstacles

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"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."

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"When you focus on diligence and hard work miracle will come to you."

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"You want to achieve your dreams early, right? I know of only one back door; that's HARDWORK. Only few people use that entrance so the advantage is that there is no or less traffic there!"

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"Christians are becoming disengaged in following the Scripture that tells us not to conform to the world's system."

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"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."

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"The person who will end up enjoying success, is the one who planned for it and who knew why they are seeking to succeed."

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"Man boasts of his nobility, his ideals, and his progress. Man's goal is imitation, not redemption."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"The knowledge of the purpose of the success that you receive by grace in every area will keep us from pride and the love of money."

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"Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling."

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"One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more."

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"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

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"The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem."

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"Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart."

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"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

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"There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place."

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