The chief cause of failure is substituting what you want most for what you want now.

Zig Ziglar

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Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

Roald Dahl

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.

Marcus Aurelius

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Grandma Moses

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Sun Tzu

We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.

Brad Meltzer
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