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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…
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“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.”
“To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.”
“If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can’t buy.”
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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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“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.”
Many authors start to write a chapter without knowing what it’s going to be called. They decide that later. The same can be said of life. We don’t know what each chapter of our life will become as we’re writing (i.e. living) it. We can only look back at the…
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“If you are unhappy with anything…Whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”
“Don’t worry about the challenges. Get excited about the rewards of crushing them.”
“If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can’t buy.”
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“If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.”
When something goes wrong, the natural reaction is to worry about it. But at the end of the day, that worry does absolutely nothing to make the problem go away. In fact, it can paralyze us and make it harder to do something about it. This quote, by Ernest Hemingway,…
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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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“Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every day is a fresh start. Every morning we wake up is the first day of the rest of our life.”
“Learn from others, as you would learn from your own mistakes.”
“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
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“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”
There was a time when a person walking on the moon was considered impossible. In fact, there was a time when the thought hadn’t even entered anyone’s mind. But one day, the unthinkable happened. An impossible journey was realized. How? Yes, a great deal of technology, science, and mathematics went…
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Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
“Our lives are stories in which we write, direct and star in the leading role. Some chapters are happy while others bring lessons to learn, but we always have the power to be the heroes of our own adventures.”
“We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.”
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“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.”
This quote is by Mark Twain. It was later adapted by the American actor and humorist Will Rogers, who similarly stated that “Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due”. What both these quotes are saying is that worrying prematurely–when nothing has even happened yet–is a…
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“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–which is: Try to please everybody.”
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.”
“Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.”
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“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today.”
When we have doubt, we naturally put forth less effort, we have less passion, and our hopes fade. This quote, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, reminds us that this is not the best way to begin each day. It means our goals and dreams for tomorrow are less likely to be…
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“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”
Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent
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“We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”
Before Marie Curie, we didn’t know anything about radioactivity or radioactive isotopes. As a result, her pioneering research introduced critical concepts to the world of science. She is quoted saying “We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” This quote has two…
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PositLive Music: Keep Your Head Up
“Keep Your Head Up” Written by: Andy Grammer Released: February 24, 2011 Andrew Grammer wrote this song at the beginning of his professional music career. It was written after a long day in the streets, trying to sell his album with little success. It was meant to be a pep…
