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The best advice I can give is put your heart and soul into your work. If you like what you're doing, the Lord will bless.

— Desmond T. Doss Interview with AMEDD Center of History & Heritage (1987)

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I was praying the whole time. I just kept praying, "Lord, please help me get one more." When I got this, I said, "Lord, please help me get one more."

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I wanted fifty, and they made it seventy-five. I don't want to ever say I took care of seventy-five. All I want to say is I was just thankful that the Lord was able to use me, and forget the number. It's not the number: It's doing the best you can.

Beyond Glory (2003)

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