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“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
A lot of people have lofty goals but miss a key ingredient in accomplishing them, which is the belief that they actually can and will. If there’s anything that sets us back before we even begin something, it’s not truly believing the goal we’re working toward is possible. This quote,…
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“Happiness is not a goal. It’s a by-product of a life well lived.”
This quote, by Eleanor Roosevelt, addresses whether you’re looking at happiness at a micro or macro level. At a micro level, happiness becomes the end goal of every action. It becomes a constant effort–a never-ending pursuit. It means when something bad happens or you’re sad, one or more actions follow.…
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“The comeback is always stronger than the setback.”
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.”
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“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.”
This quote comes from Albert Einstein. Take note, it doesn’t say that “the pursuit of success” is a bad thing. It’s good to have aspirations and pursue success in various endeavors. That’s one of the many things that give hope for the future. However, you can look at what comes…
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“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.”
“You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.”
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
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“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.”
Of the three bones mentioned in this quote by singer and actor Reba McEntire, only the backbone (i.e. spine) actually exists in the human body. The wishbone (furcula) is found in birds. Meanwhile, the funny bone isn’t really a bone but a nerve that runs along the arm. Clearly, this…
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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
“When you want to get good at something, how you spend your time practicing is far more important than the amount of time you spend.”
“The best way to ensure success is to never lose energy because things aren’t going as fast as you want them to.”
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Rediscovering the Motivation to Continue: Remembering Your “Why” and Leaning on a Firm Foundation
It takes a lot for me to contemplate giving up on a long-held goal. However, a few days ago, that very thought crept into my mind. Naturally, I’ve been trying to make it go away. I’ve been fighting the urge to stop caring about something I deeply care about. As…
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“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Imagine swimming in the middle of the ocean with nothing but water around you. There is no shoreline in sight. If you’re not a great swimmer or can’t swim at all, this is a terrifying thought. But even the world’s best swimmer might have a twinge of anxiety in such…
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“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
This quote comes from Zig Ziglar. A similar version of it (You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.) comes from Les Brown. There’s the obvious irony in this quote of already wanting to be great at something before beginning…
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“For one to have complete satisfaction from flowers, you must have time to spend with them.”
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.”
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“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.”
We tend to assume a lot about a person’s happiness based on their achievements, milestones, and good fortune. But quite often, whatever they’ve accomplished by work and/or luck results in momentary happiness. After its initial effect, the feeling may fade over time, and it may experience “the law of diminishing…
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“Failure is a delay but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.”
A dead-end sign and a detour sign communicate two completely different things. One is telling you that you can’t go any further–To turn around. Meanwhile, the other is telling you to take a different route. And that you will get to your destination in due time, just in a way…
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“Who will go far must go slow.”
Quite often, the winners of marathons are not the runners who sprint out of the starting line for an early lead. The eventual winners are typically further behind. They conserve their energy. They run at a moderate but steady pace. And at just the right moment, they emerge from the…
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“If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.”
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
“If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it.”
