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Overcome obstacles and never ever “quit.”


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“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” anon

No matter what path you are on, people will not understand you and will criticize you. Are you strong enough to quiet the critics?


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“It is not the critic that counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the person doing the deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is full of dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who makes mistakes and falls short. The credit belongs to the person who knows great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails, knows his place shall never be with those cold souls who know neither victory or defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt.


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God is pleased when we discover his unique calling for our life and even more pleased when we persevere to accomplish that calling.


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Are you passionate about what you want to achieve? Passionate people, who live life to the

fullest, embrace what they love and never give up. They overcome many small and large OBSTACLES on the path to success in pursuit of their unique calling and vision.


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“Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve.” - Leonardo Da Vinci

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eye off the goal.

- Henry Ford


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Don’t be afraid to “fail.”


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English novelist John Creasy got 753 rejection notices before he published 564 books.


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When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it did not have anyone that wanted to invest in it. After Alexander made a demonstration telephone call to the President of the United States, the President said, “That’s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?”


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When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he go it to work. A young newspaper reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, “I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000 step process.”


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Abraham Lincoln At the age of 7, as a young boy and his family were forced out of their home and the boy was forced to go to work. When he was 9 his mother died. He wanted to go to law school but he had no education. At 23 he went into business, but his partner died and his business failed. He finally became a lawyer.


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At 37, he was elected to government on his third try. He failed to be elected again. The man’s son died when the son was only 4. At age 45 he tried to be elected as Senator and failed. At 47 he tried to be elected as Vice President of the United States and failed. But at age 51 he was elected President of the United States.


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Then in the midst of one of the darkest days in the history of the United States, during our Civil War, President Lincoln said the following things; It seems to me fit and proper that the gifts of God should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do decree a day of Thanksgiving, for all of us to express our gratitude to the Holy One.


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An amateur practices until he or she gets it correct.

A professional practices until he or she can not get it wrong.


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Sometimes only through trials and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved. You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face.


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You must do the thing you cannot do. A winner is not one who never fails, but one who NEVER QUITS.

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