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“He who believes is strong, he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”
When you believe something is possible, you tend to give it your all. And when you give something your all, you’re more likely to succeed than when you give your half-hearted effort. This quote, by theologian James Freeman Clarke, is about how lack of belief influences the force of our…
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“Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”
It’s physically impossible to leave a place and not find yourself in another. This quote, by screenwriter and playwright Tom Stoppard, is about applying this practical concept to life. Whether it’s leaving a room, a country, a relationship, or career, something else awaits on the other side of that exit.…
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“Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who can’t afford them.”
Rejection can be hard to bear, and harder for some than others. It also has the unfortunate side effect of eroding one’s self-esteem. Again, more so for some than others. The irony in how upsetting rejection is for someone is that it’s more upsetting if they already suffer from low…
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“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.”
Perceiving aspects of someone else’s life as better than our own often leads us to imitate them in certain ways. We may adopt the same things they enjoy doing, their taste in music, movies, etc. But doing all those things doesn’t make us or our life any better. In fact,…
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“For one to have complete satisfaction from flowers, you must have time to spend with them.”
“When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find peace of mind is waiting there.”
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.”
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“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”
This quote comes from Mae Jemison. As a history-making astronaut, she had to overcome limiting beliefs about her goals and aspirations. If she had believed others’ limited imagination, she wouldn’t have even tried to do some of the things she’s been able to accomplish. This quote reminds us to not…
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Living Life Poetically: The Beauty of Self
The ability to be yourself is one of the most important and underrated things you can do in life. It helps to keep in mind that there’s only one of you. So going through your whole life as someone else would be such a waste of who you are. But…
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Living Life Poetically: The Storm Within
“The Storm Within” is a poem about having a storm that’s not outside in the elements but inside you. Sometimes life can feel like there’s a storm raging within. And the feeling and effects can be very similar to what occurs outside. The Storm Within It seems the storm has…
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“Always refuse to be like the others. The more you become similar to the others the more you will be useless because there are already plenty of the others.”
The struggle to fit in is part of human nature. Who doesn’t want to feel like they belong? However fitting in is more glamorized in our minds than it should be. This quote, by playwright and novelist Mehmet Murat Ildan, reminds us that being like everybody else actually renders us…
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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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“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
We all have that voice inside our head that says we can’t do something. And so we don’t do it, which only proves the voice in our head was right. This quote, by Vincent Van Gogh, is about silencing that voice the best way we can–by doing the thing it…
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“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.”
“When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.”
“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that, I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”
