I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.

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"Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it."

- Michael J. Fox

Awareness

"One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered."

- Michael J. Fox

Integrity

"Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not."

- Michael J. Fox

Integrity

"One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered."

- Michael J. Fox

Self-esteem

"I often say now I don’t have any choice whether or not I have Parkinson’s, but surrounding that non-choice is a million other choices that I can make."

- Michael J. Fox

Empowerment

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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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