If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it.

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"Suicide is not a remedy."

- James A. Garfield

Awareness

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable."

- James A. Garfield

Transformation

"For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue."

- James A. Garfield

Courage

"For the love of country they accepted death."

- James A. Garfield

Courage

"If the power to do hard work is not talent, it is the best possible substitute for it. Ambition by itself never gets anywhere until it forms a partnership with work."

- James A. Garfield

Hard Work

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"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."

- Unknown

Hard Work

"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

Hard Work

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

Hard Work

"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

Hard Work

"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

Hard Work