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“An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity.” ~ Unknown

“Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.” ~ Douglas Macarthur

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ~ Robert Collier

“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.” ~ Napoleon Hill

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?” ~ Robert Schuller

“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.” ~ Charles De Gaulle

“If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things — you don’t have enough goals.” ~ Lou Holtz

“We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.” ~ Hegel

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.” ~ Mark Twain

“We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It’s not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist.” ~ Vince McConnell

“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” ~ Doug Larson

“There are clubs you can’t belong to, neighborhoods you can’t live in, schools you can’t get into, but the roads are always open.” ~ Nike

‎”Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.” ~ Unknown

‎”Don’t be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some.” ~ John Keats

“By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble. By seeing the seed of success in every failure we remain hopeful.” ~ Unknown

“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” ~ Unknown

“A man may fall many times, but he won’t be a failure until he says that someone pushed him.” ~ Elmer G. Letterman

“Gold medals don’t make champions . . . hard work does.” ~ Unknown

“In the end, it’s extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don’t win, how can you lose?” ~ Jesse Owens