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“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.”
Sometimes the best lessons we learn in life come from the worst experiences. Unfortunately, the experiences come first–the lessons later. This makes experience a hard teacher. However, it’s the best teacher. This quote, by Vernon Sanders Law (aka Vern Law), reminds us to try to find the lessons inside the…
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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”
This Too Shall Pass
“How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.”
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“Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.”
Tim Blixseth wears many different hats–real estate developer, songwriter, record producer, and he’s been involved in the timber industry. Clearly, he has many different ideas and aspirations. So his quote about executing great ideas is very reflective of how he’s carried his life. It’s not enough to have great ideas…
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“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”
This quote, by Mary Anne Radmacher, reminds us that sometimes the most courageous thing we can do is hope. Courage isn’t always loud, bold, and obvious. Sometimes it’s just that quiet voice from within that tells us to keep going when we want to give up–to try again tomorrow. That…
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“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
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“Dream big and dare to fail.”
This quote comes from Norman Vaughan who was an explorer, dogsled driver, and olympian. During his illustrious life, he was part of an expedition to The South Pole and he summited Mount Vaughan in Antarctica, which was named after him, at the age of 89. When he finally arrived at…
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“Don’t worry about the challenges. Get excited about the rewards of crushing them.”
This quote, by Hiral Nagda, forces us to think differently about challenges. Instead of resenting them, we can try to imagine what overcoming them would look and feel like. What if just getting to that feeling of accomplishment is what we focus on? Simple put, by thinking only about the…
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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
You might have heard the popular saying, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. Unfortunately, this is quite often the case. This quote, by Robert Breault, is a reminder to enjoyed the little things. One day, you may not be able to do the things you did before…
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“If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.”
Water lilies tend to grow in shallow, marshy waters where there’s little to no current. You might see them at the edge of a lake, a part of a river that branches out, or on water that’s backed up due to some kind of barrier, like a dam. Let’s just…
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“When you finally learn your self–worth, you stop giving others discounts.”
This quote, by Karen Salmansohn, reminds us to know our self-worth. With that knowledge, we’re less likely to give others discounts, i.e. be taken advantage of or be taken for granted. Knowing your self-worth means knowing your value goes beyond any accomplishment. That it’s not what you do. Being worthy is…
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“Do not wait: the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”
Waiting for the perfect time is something we tend to do both consciously and subconsciously. But more often, the “perfect time” never comes. Because more often, there’s no such thing. It’s just something we made up in our head. This quote, by Napoleon Hill, reminds us to not wait but…
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“No great thing is created suddenly.”
Sometimes the best things in life take the most time. Unless genies in the bottle are real, great things usually don’t happen suddenly or even over night. This quote, by the philosopher Epictetus, is about acknowledging this fact. So big dreams–big goals–they may take time, and that’s okay.
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s what you’re made of. Not the circumstances.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
