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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordan

Work, Through, Trying

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington

Confidence, Before, Few

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin

Liberty, Deserve, Nor

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
C. S. Lewis

Friendship, Art, Philosophy

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

Men, Power, Character

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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln

Down, Four, Spend

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
Audrey Hepburn

Born, Terrible, Affection

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Maya Angelou

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire

Life, God, Living

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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Yourself, Friend, Gift

Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
Tecumseh

Life, Morning, Strength

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
C. S. Lewis

Peace, Happiness, God

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Oscar Wilde

Experience, Mistakes, Name

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace, Mind, Angry

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
Max de Pree

Beautiful, May, Healing

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Best, Courage, Important

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
Mother Teresa

Words, Light, Darkness

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde

Truth, Person, Him

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian Tracy

Attitude, Forward, Gratitude

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Bruce Lee

Power, Respect, Knowledge

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Jim Valvano

Greatest, Father, Person

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress.
Kelly Clarkson

God, Stress, Handle

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.
Sandra Bullock

Good, Karma, True

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
Brian Tracy

Love, Greatest, Acceptance

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

Love, Money, God

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
John Wooden

Friendship, Good, Art

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln

Best, Hope, Freedom

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Abraham Lincoln

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