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"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation."

- William H. Sheldon (1898 - 1977)
American psychologist and numismatist

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"Give us, O give us, the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time -- he will do it better, he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible of fatigue whilst he marches to music."

- Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)

Scottish Writer

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"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not."

- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895)
British Biologist

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"Every life is a daily series of advances and retreats, intimate victories and private defeats, all measured not by grand events but by an awareness of the obstacles that have been overcome along the way."

- Simon Baatz
Author of The Girl on the Velvet Swing

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"Don't allow yourself to be intimidated! There is more than one road to joy."

- Pascal Bruckner (B - 1948 )
In the book The Paradox of Love

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""I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything: "I will try" has accomplished wonders."

- George P. Burnham (1868 - 1939)
Politician

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"Most of us can, if we choose, make this world either a prison or a palace."

- Lord Avebury (1928 - 2016)
English politician

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"Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent."

- St. Augustine (354 - 430)
Saint

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"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
American poet

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"Attitude determines altitude."

- Zig Ziglar (1926 - 2012)
American author

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