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.

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"Suicide is not a remedy."

- James A. Garfield

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

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

- James A. Garfield

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"For the love of country they accepted death."

- James A. Garfield

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

- James A. Garfield

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

- Unknown

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- Thomas Jefferson

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- Michael Larsen

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

- Colin Powell

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