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We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.
 'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
  And since, methinks, read more 
 'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
  And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,
   Because sweet flow'rs are slow and weeds make haste. 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be read more 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. 
We find comfort among those who agree with us-- growth among those who don't.
We find comfort among those who agree with us-- growth among those who don't.
 Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
 As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
  If, rising on its wrecks, at last
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 Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
 As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
  If, rising on its wrecks, at last
   To something nobler we attain. 
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less read more
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
 Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and 
perfected by degrees, by often handling read more 
 Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and 
perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears 
leisurely lick their clubs into shape. 
 I held it truth, with him who sings
 To one clear harp in divers tones,
  That men read more 
 I held it truth, with him who sings
 To one clear harp in divers tones,
  That men may rise on stepping stones
   Or their dead selves to higher things.