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The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
— Steve Jobs Stanford commencement address, 2005
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” — Martin Luther King Jr. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.” — L. M. Montgomery “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” — Frederick Douglass “Well done is better than well said.” — Benjamin Franklin “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.” — Theodore Roosevelt “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” — Emily Dickinson
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Frederick Douglass West India Emancipation speech, 1857 Motivational

Well done is better than well said.

Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack, 1737 Motivational

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays, "Friendship", 1841 Friendship

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates Plato's Apology Inspirational

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

Theodore Roosevelt "Citizenship in a Republic", 1910 Motivational

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

Emily Dickinson Poem 254, c. 1861 Inspirational
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