Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history’s greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even before he signed the Declaration of Independence once lamented about humility, “I cannot boast of much success in acquiring the reality of this virtue.”

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost' Ever grateful for the prize, Let is alter reach the skies!

~ Joseph Hopkinson Quotes

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The experiences of camp life show that a man does have a choice of action. There were enough examples, often of a heroic nature, which proved that apathy could be overcome, irritability suppressed. Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions of psychic and physical stress. We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s way. The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity—even in the most difficult circumstances—to add a deeper meaning to life.

~ Viktor Frankl Quotes

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Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.

~ Rollo May Quotes from Man's Search for Himself

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