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You can do what you want to do, and it is your right and privilege to follow the business or avocation which will be most congenial and pleasant.
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The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.
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The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
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Success in life is becoming what you want to be.
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Every person naturally wants to become all that he is capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be.
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You are to become a creator, not a competitor.
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If you want a thing done, do it yourself.
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If we would promise we must put ourselves in a position to perform our promise.
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Ideal aspirations are not enough, when uncombined with pluck and will.
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The normal opener of deeper and deeper levels of energy is the will.
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Nature does not give us our livelihood gratis; we must win it by toil of some sort or degree.
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But a man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body.
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With such aids and an honest purpose to do whatever is right, I hope to execute diligently, impartially, and for the best interests of the country the manifold duties devolved upon me.
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By holding the representative responsible only to the people, and exempting him from all other influences, we elevate the character of the constituent and quicken his sense of responsibility to his country.