"Use what talents you possess; the woods..." - Quote by Henry Van Dyke
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
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“Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong... And yet, a person can perform only from strength.”
“The next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last year as a Heisman Trophy winner.”
“All great men are partially inspired.”
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“But the tricks I use are ones that will hopefully benefit the team.”
“I believe that you and I - and everyone we'll ever meet - has the inborn capacity to be heroic, to take daring, courageous, and noble steps to make life better for others, even when in the short term it seems to be at our own expense. The capacity to do the right thing, to dare to take a stand and make a difference, is within you now.”
“The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.”