The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

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"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."

- John Ruskin

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"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together."

- John Ruskin

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"We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it."

- John Ruskin

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"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."

- John Ruskin

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"The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it."

- John Ruskin

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"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

- Tony Robbins

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"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills

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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."

- Florence Nightingale

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

- Vince Lombardi

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