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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.”
When you think about it, everything can be considered a miracle. For example, the sun rising and setting, the seasons, the weather, our anatomy, and even the way our organs operate. Not to mention, the perfect symbiosis in our ecosystems, animal migrations, a butterfly’s metamorphosis, and plant life. From the…
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“Use action to cure fear and gain confidence. Do what you fear, and fear disappears.”
“It’s only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.”
“Don’t worry about the challenges. Get excited about the rewards of crushing them.”
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“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
This quote is by the legendary painter, Pablo Picasso. It serves as a great reflection on the things we choose to put off, or procrastinate. Yes, there are things we can’t possibly get done in one day. Even if we work on them all day, we may need more time;…
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“When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.”
This quote, by Lolly Daskal, is about focusing on the wrong things. Moreover, doing so with such fervor and such tunnel vision that you don’t see the right things around you. In fact, the right things get left behind. The key is to determine whether or not you’re chasing the…
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“If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off… no matter what they say.”
This quote, by the Nobel Prize winning cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock, is very insightful. It reveals that if someone is capable of convincing you that you’re not on the right track, it’s a sign you yourself didn’t believe you were to begin with. The fact of the matter is that if…
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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.”
This quote, by Ziad K. Abdelnour, presents a great analogy for life. Some versions (Anonymous) of the quote read “Life is like a camera. Focus on what’s important. Capture the good times. Develop from the negatives. And if things don’t work out, just take another shot.” In life, our camera…
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“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”
Sometimes our goals can seem so far away, it can feel like climbing Mt. Everest to get there. This quote, by Muhammad Ali, reminds us that it’s not just the long journey ahead that wears us out. It can be the little things that deplete our motivation and energy to…
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“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
It’s natural to feel sad when something good comes to an end. Practically no one sees a good thing come to an end and says glad that’s over. Whether it’s a great experience, a good book or movie, or the life of a loved one, the more common response is…
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“Don’t go back to less, just because you’re too impatient to wait for more.”
There are times when we find ourselves stuck in such a rut that we’d do just about anything to get out of it. We’d do anything for a change. Unfortunately, this desperation can make us blindly run toward things that make us worse off than we already are. This anonymous…
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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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“It might have been done before, but it hasn’t been done by you.”
There is so much excitement when a baby takes their first step. Yes, countless others have done it before. But that doesn’t make an infant’s first step any less exciting. It’s easy for us to remember and celebrate major “first time” moments like this. Other ones might be our first…
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“To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.”
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.”
“Sometimes when hardships knock, it’s just life. Do not take it personal.”
