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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Some people achieve success and suddenly lose their ability to continue with the same drive, motivation, and passion. Likewise, some people experience failure and also lose their ability to continue with the same drive, motivation, and passion. This quote, by Winston Churchill, reminds us that whether it’s success or failure,…
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“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”
A phenomenal thing happens as you move toward a horizon. It moves. –And what seemed like a finite view suddenly becomes infinite. As you go as far as you can see, you see even further, as stated in this quote by Zig Ziglar. But more importantly, this quote tells us…
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“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later.”
“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.”
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
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“Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.”
This quote is often misattributed to the renowned writer, Mark Twain. However, it is by H. Jackson Brown Jr., a best selling author known for his books, Life’s Little Instruction Book and P.S. I Love You. This quote reminds us to overcome our fears and doubts and pursue the things…
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“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
This quote, by Sean Patrick Flanery, is about living our lives with a growth mindset and considering each day as an opportunity to become a better version of ourselves than we were the day before. How do we do that? Well, it turns out that who we become can result…
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“You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.”
The word discipline doesn’t usually make you think of something enjoyable. Having discipline isn’t usually fun. Instead, it can actually be painful, especially when it requires some kind of sacrifice. However, painful discipline is necessary to achieve certain objectives. And the more difficult the objective, the greater the discipline required.…
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“Life is like a camera. Focus on what’s important. Capture the good times. And if things don’t work out, just take another shot.”
“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.”
“F-E-A-R has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.”
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How to Begin Each Day With Purpose
Waking up and getting out of bed in the morning can be a drag without a sense of purpose to your day. This is not to be mistaken with waking up with a list of things you hope to get done. Rather, it’s waking up with a general intention for…
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“You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
This quote by the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, is about the fact that life isn’t always fair. Therefore, you don’t always win–you don’t always get what you want. There’s nothing new or groundbreaking about this. From an early age, we begin to learn that we don’t…
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“You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.”
This quote, by the writer, philosopher, and poet Henry David Thoreau, reminds us that it’s not enough to do the right thing or follow the right path. That can only take us so far. Using archery as an illustration, Thoreau wrote, “You must not only aim right, but draw the…
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“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
More often than not, the dreams we have don’t happen over night. They take time. Sometimes they take A LOT of time, or they take time we don’t have much of. So then, we give up on the dream and abandon all the small steps we can be taking toward…
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“Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world.”
“Half the trouble in the world comes from people asking ‘What have I achieved?’ rather than ‘What have I enjoyed?’”
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”
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“There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.”
The road to what we want in life is not always quick and easy, especially for the things that endure. This quote, by Josiah Gilbert Holland, explains that there is no royal road–no silver bullet. It’s a process. It’s tempting to want to take shortcuts or imagine that the things…
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
