One thing I have learned from many years of watching my father is that some people, the best ones, are motivated more by the chance to prove themselves than by a command to serve. It is the work itself that calls them onward, especially if they believe they are the only ones who can do it. Rae Carson
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The above quote is about the work itself. The work is not important. What matters is being driven to do it.

Source: The Shadow Cats

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