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“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But, I can’t accept not trying.”
—Michael Jordan
“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible,
inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.”
—Jesse Owens
“A faithful friend is the medicine of life.”
—Ecclesiastes 6:16
“It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.”
—Pearl Bailey
“Where there is hope there is life; where there is life there is possibility; and where there is
possibility, change can occur.”
—Jesse Jackson
“Every small, positive change we can make in ourselves repays us in confdence for the future.”
—Alice Walker
“It is the mind that makes the body.”
—Sojourner Truth
“The head and the body must serve each other.”
—Wolof Proverb
“The empty bag cannot stand up.”
—Haitian Proverb
“Don’t be afraid to look at your faults.”
—Yoruba proverb
“Instead of wallowing in misery, I just made some changes.”
—Stephanie Mills
“The wind does not break a tree that bends.”
—Unknown
“When one door closes, another one opens.”
—African-American folklore
“If you are on a road to nowhere, fnd another road.”
—Ashanti proverb
“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”
—Maya Angelou
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