It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

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"By activating an expansive, tolerant, and creative mindset, positive feelings maximize the social, intellectual, and physical benefits that will accrue."

- Martin Seligman

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"Positive psychology is not a self-help movement. It is a science, with its roots in academia and its rigor sharpened by research."

- Martin Seligman

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"When well-being comes from engaging our strengths and virtues, our lives are imbued with authenticity."

- Martin Seligman

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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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