Originality

 It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Herman Melville

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Keep your hopes up

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

Dale Carnegie

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The character of a leader

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Bill Gates

Watch your thoughts

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.

Earl Nightingale

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Good, better, best

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.

St. Jerome

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Believe in yourself

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Doing big things

There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.

Jason Fried

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Your will to succeed

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

President Abraham Lincoln

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The importance of goals

Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk.

James Cash Penney

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Hard work

Hard work spotlights the character of people: Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.

Sam Ewing

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