"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."

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Larry Bird

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“Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.”
“Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.”
“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

Source : John Irving (2012). “The World According To Garp”, p.605, Random House
“Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.”
“I had always been led to believe that ageing was a slow and gradual process, the creep of a glacier. Now I realise that it happens in a rush, like snow falling off a roof.”

Source : David Nicholls (2014). “Us: A Novel”, p.8, Harper Collins
“Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of classing supposedly excellent work as professional, and using the term amateur to convey the idea of immature productions and to excuse atrociously poor photographs.”
“I have an Instagram [account] but I don't feel a lot of love with it.”
“The great purpose of school can be realized better in dark, airless, ugly places ... It is to master the physical self, to transcend the beauty of nature. School should develop the power to withdraw from the external world.”

Source : "The Philosophy of Education". Book by William Torrey Harris, 1889.

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