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"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." -
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Helen Adams Keller
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"It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal."
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