“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
– HelenKeller

“Above all, challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish.”
– Cecile M. Springer

“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”
-Margaret Thatcher

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.”

-Ellen Glasgow

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.”

-Rosalynn Carter

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
–Sir Ralph Richardson

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