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“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.”
― Thomas Paine

tags: growth, strength, struggle, triumph

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“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: achievement, fame, struggle

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“There is a time for reciting poems and a time for fists.”
― Roberto Bolaño, The Savage Detectives

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“You will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion - he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.”
― Julien Smith, The Flinch