I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

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"If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother."

- Booker T. Washington

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"No race can prosper until it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

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"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."

- Booker T. Washington

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""If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.""

- Booker T. Washington

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""Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.""

- Booker T. Washington

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- Tony Robbins

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

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"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

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