Never allow people's approval to dictate your self-worth or capabilities. - Mrs. Bonita Andrea Shelby, Why Not Have It All
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Never allow people's approval to dictate your self-worth or capabilities. - Mrs. Bonita Andrea Shelby, Why Not Have It All
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"If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil." - - James A. Garfield (1831 - 1881) 20th President of the United States
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"It is a great mistake to think of being great without goodness; and I pronounce it as certain that there was never yet a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous." - - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) American Statesman and Scientist
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"To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis of all social virtues. We can no longer be useful when not well." - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) English Author
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"I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done." - Mike Ditka (B - 1939) American, Football Coach, Chicago Bears
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"Who would have ever heard of Theodore Roosevelt outside of his immediate community if he had only half committed himself to what he had undertaken, if he had brought only a part of himself to his task? The great secret of his career has been that he has flung his whole life, not a part of it, with all the determination and energy and power he could muster, into everything he has undertaken. No dillydallying, no faint-hearted efforts, no lukewarm purpose for him!"- Orison Sweet Marden (1850 - 1924) American Editor and Speaker
You have the choice to stay down or get back up. If you have enough people cheering for you, and enough heart, you push to your feet and get back in the huddle and go another round. Life is football. - Susan May Warren
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"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight."- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) American Writer
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"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men to win them."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American Poet and Essayist
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"The world has battle-room for all. Go fight and conquer if ye can. But if ye rise or if ye fall, Be each, pray God, a gentleman!"- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) British Novelist
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"We are fallible. We certainly haven't attained perfection. But we can strive for it, and the virtue is in the striving."- Carlos P. Romulo (1899 - 1985) Phillipine Diplomat, Aide-de-camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur