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“Light tomorrow with today.”
If we look hard enough, we can usually find a life lesson or something positive in each day. Unfortunately, these lessons and positives often go unnoticed. And when they are acknowledged, it may only be for that day. Therefore, they remain in the past. This quote, by the poet Elizabeth…
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“Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process.”
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
“I never lose. Either I win or learn.”
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“We all have problems. But it’s not what happens to us, it’s the choices we make after.”
Elizabeth Smart has survived the unimaginable. And for someone who’s had her experience to be able to move forward with their life in such a positive way is nothing short of amazing. This quote, from Smart, reminds us that our negative experiences don’t have to define us. However, the choices…
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“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.”
We know a plant is still alive when we observe visible changes to it from time to time. Perhaps a new bloom, a new leaf, or it’s an inch or two taller. Its changes are a sign of growth, and its growth is a sign of life. Usually, a plant…
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“Your Monday morning thoughts set the tone for your whole week. See yourself getting stronger, and living a fulfilling, happier, and healthier life.”
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”
“He who believes is strong, he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”
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“Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.”
Successful people are fearless, successful people act without hesitation, and successful people have no worries. Each one of these statements is false. However, we tend to subconsciously assume they’re fact. This quote, by T. Harv Eker, reminds us that our idea about successful people are most often wrong. They do…
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“If you’re doing something outside of dominant culture, there’s not an easy place for you. You will have to do it yourself.”
Whether we want to believe it or not, things like our age, gender, race, and socioeconomic background play a factor in where we go to school, when, if we attend college, what we major in, the career we pursue, when we start a family. The list goes on. Simply put,…
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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
This quote comes from Swiss-American psychiatrist and author Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. She is known for coming up with the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance; and her writing and viewpoints have been recognized worldwide. However, this quote is not about death or grief, the primary focus of her…
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“Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process.”
In an interview, world renowned tennis player, Naomi Osaka, was asked what advice she would give her younger self. After joking about eating too much rice, she follows up with this inspiring quote that echos some of the challenges and adversities she faced in becoming a pro tennis athlete. In…
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“Every day may not be a good day but there is good in every day.”
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–which is: Try to please everybody.”
“It’s only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.”
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“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.”
It’s human nature to come up with every excuse in the book before we finally start something. And a very common excuse we get ourselves to believe is that it’s just not the right time to begin. Sounds like a logical reason. But there’s a difference between the condition being…
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“Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow, so give it everything you’ve got.”
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
“Don’t quit yet. The worst moments are usually followed by the most beautiful silver linings. You have to stay strong. Remember to keep your head up and remain hopeful.”
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“If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real.”
There’s something about writing your dreams down that makes them a lot more likely to become reality. That simple act takes them from an idea in your head to something more tangible. And that’s what this quote, by Tony Robbins, is all about. But this quote takes things a step…
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“Rise above the storm, and you will find the sunshine.”
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes―understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
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“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.”
This quote is not to be taken literally. It’s from the classic children’s story, Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie. In the story, Peter Pan’s ability to fly is significantly influenced by his belief that he can without any second thought or hesitation. While the story is made-up, the core principle…
