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“Success is just around the corner from difficulty.”
Sometimes all we need is a quick pep-talk when it feels as if our efforts are in vain. And there might not be a better one than this simple quote by Todd Stocker. The quote comes from his book, Becoming The Fulfilled Leader: 10 Personal Leadership Principles Learned Through An…
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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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“Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.”
In competitions, we tend to dismiss anything and anyone that’s not first place. Yes, silver and bronze get some attention, but certainly not as much as gold. And certainly not as much as fourth place to last. Unfortunately, the same attitude we have toward competitions is unconsciously carried over to…
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“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.”
This quote comes from the book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by Joshua Foer. It reminds us to think more critically about exactly how we hope to improve in the areas we want to improve in. For illustration, let’s say you hope to improve your…
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“Money is ultimately not enough compensation for investing your time and energy. There has to be a sense of purpose, meaning and fulfillment. “
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
“For one to have complete satisfaction from flowers, you must have time to spend with them.”
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“Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.”
When things end in failure, it’s natural to see it as the end. It’s natural to move on with little to no hope that success will ever follow. However, as this quote by writer and historian Edward Eggleston suggests, persistence can turn failed endings to new beginnings. It’s under the…
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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.”
“One day or day one. You decide.”
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
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“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes―understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”
Sometimes in an attempt to avoid making the wrong decision and experiencing failure, we avoid taking any meaningful action. However, this quote by Arianna Huffington helps us to adopt the mindset of accepting that we won’t always make the right decision and that failure is imminent. This mindset can help…
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“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.”
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
“When you finally learn your self–worth, you stop giving others discounts.”
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“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
In the story of Cinderella, the glass slipper fits one person and one person only: Cinderella. However, realistically, there would be others with the same shoe size while there would be those whom the same shoe doesn’t fit. It’s a simple fact of life that we can’t all wear the…
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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.”
“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.”
“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”
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“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
When we do something by accident, it simply means we do something we didn’t intend to do. We may take a wrong turn, press a wrong button, or forget to turn something on/off by accident. This quote, from former soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento (aka Pelé), reminds us that…
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“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
Being miserable while pursuing your goals only makes it less likely for those goals to succeed. This is not to say we pretend to be happy when we find that we’re miserable in the process. Rather, if we’re not happy or having fun, it’s an indication that we may need…
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“Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.”
Successful people are fearless, successful people act without hesitation, and successful people have no worries. Each one of these statements is false. However, we tend to subconsciously assume they’re fact. This quote, by T. Harv Eker, reminds us that our idea about successful people are most often wrong. They do…
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“Those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter.”
“If you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.”
“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.”
