1. "Go the extra mile; it's never crowded there." - Anon
2. "There are only 2 choices; make progress or make excuses." - Ellen Mikesell
3. "Who needs luck when you can acheive much more by persistence?" - Fred Akama
4. "The only thing in this world that is instant is coffee." - David Parkin
5. "Some succeed because they're destined; others succeed because they're DETERMINED." - Anon
6. "If you have a dream, go for it.  No one is stopping you, except yourself!" - Anon
7. "They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
   – Andy Warho
8. From Marlo Thomas: "Dad's words, 'Run your own race,' have been a real touchstone for me. When I'm trying to figure out what to do at a crossroads, I think. 'Is this my race I'm running, or somebody else's?"
9. "It matters not what a person is born, but who they choose to be." - Joanne Kathleen Rowling. English Writer, author of Harry Potter, b. b.1965
10. "Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
11. "Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achives the impossible." - Anon
12. "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw
13. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

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