Personal Growth! Commonly misattributed
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
— Thomas Jefferson
U.S. President
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- Thomas Jefferson
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- ! Commonly misattributed
Listed by the Thomas Jefferson Monticello research staff among spurious quotations.
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