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When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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- Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for A. P. J. Abdul Kalam: life dates 1931 to 2015. Wikidata Q9513, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9513 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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