To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

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"Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."

- Samuel Johnson

Love

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

- Samuel Johnson

Compassion

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."

- Samuel Johnson

Compassion

"Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life."

- Samuel Johnson

Compassion

"Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment."

- Samuel Johnson

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"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking."

- Mia Hamm

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"Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision."

- Muhammad Ali

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"A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material."

- Serge Nubret

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"Big battles bring sweet victories."

- Unknown

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"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

- Billie Jean King

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