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Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.
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Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.
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Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.
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Itβs only after youβve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.
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More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.
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Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.
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Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.
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Keep Going
Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.
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Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.
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Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
If you arenβt grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.
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Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.
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Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.
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Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.
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Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful.
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Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.
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You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.
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Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life, except in your mind.
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Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.
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Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.
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Be Brave and Take Risks: You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.
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Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.
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Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.
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Surround Yourself with People Who Believe in Your Dreams:
Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.
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If you believe very strongly in something, stand up and fight for it.
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When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.
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Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and donβt forget to lift someone up.
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Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.
Focus on your character, not your reputation.
Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes.
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Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.
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What's done is done. What's gone is gone. One of life's lessons is always moving on. Itβs okay to look back to see how far youβve come but keep moving forward.
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Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they donβt need the approval of others.
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Never stop dreaming,
never stop believing,
never give up,
never stop trying, and
never stop learning.
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It's never too late to change your life for the better. You don't have to take huge steps to change your life. Making even the smallest changes to your daily routine can make a big difference to your life.
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When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Donβt give up.
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Stop giving other people the power to control your happiness, your mind, and your life. If you don't take control of yourself and your own life, someone else is bound to try.
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Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.
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If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.
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You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.
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Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with loveβbe there for othersβbring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest.
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The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.
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The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.
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Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.
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To have what you have never had, you have to do what you have never done.
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The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.
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Dare to love yourself
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You Are the Master of Your Attitude
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude.
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I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit, he's up!
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Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait:
Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.
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Great leaders create more leaders, not followers.
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Donβt let others tell you what you canβt do. Don't let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible.
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If you donβt give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way.
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You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You donβt have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given.
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Turn your obstacles into opportunities and your problems into possibilities.
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Be the positive impact on the lives of others.
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Dreams don't work unless you take action. The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.
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It takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain.
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It doesnβt matter how many times you get knocked down. All that matters is you get up one more time than you were knocked down.
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Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.
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It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness.
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Discipline Your Mind to Think Positively: Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.
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Don't wait for the right moment to start, start and make each moment right.
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The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.
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Focus on your goals, not your fear.
Focus like a laser beam on your goals.
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What you stay focused on will grow.
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Donβt wait for things to happen. Make them happen.
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When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge β every adversity β contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.
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Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people.
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You learn something valuable from all of the significant events and people, but you never touch your true potential until you challenge yourself to go beyond imposed limitations.
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Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock your true strength.
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Make the most of the best and the best of the worst, and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving.
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Gratitude builds a bridge to abundance.
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Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people.
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You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in.
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Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.
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Stop doing what is easy. Start doing what is right.
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Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time.
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Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.
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Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they canβt see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they donβt even know.
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7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Important
1. Use their name.
2. Express sincere gratitude.
3. Do more listening than talking.
4. Talk more about them than about you.
5. Be authentically interested.
6. Be sincere in your praise.
7. Show you care.
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When you take control of your attitude, you take control of your life.
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To learn something new, you need to try new things and not be afraid to be wrong.
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Stop doing what is easy or popular. Start doing what is right.
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One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important.
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Enthusiasm can help you find the new doors, but it takes passion to open them. If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.
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I cannot compromise my respect for your love. You can keep your love, I will keep my respect.
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Let go of something old that no longer serves you in order to make room for something new.
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Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them.
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Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others.
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Dream your own dreams, achieve your own goals. Your journey is your own and unique.
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One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, "I love you", "I'm sorry", "I appreciate you", "I'm proud of you"...whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it...cause a smile today for someone else...and give plenty of hugs.
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Changing your outside world cannot make you happy if you are an unhappy person. The real personal change can only happen from the inside out. If you firstly create the change within yourself, you can turn your life around.
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We are not going to die."
Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?"
"No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.
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The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.
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Life is like a game of chess.
To win you have to make a move.
Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT
and knowledge, and by learning the lessons that are
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We become each and every piece within the game called life!
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We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
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Itβs important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.
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Fear robs you of your freedom to make the right choice in life that can bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. On the other side of fear, lies freedom. If you want to grow, you need to be brave and take risks. If you're not uncomfortable, you're not growing.
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Always believe in yourself and always stretch yourself beyond your limits. Your life is worth a lot more than you think because you are capable of accomplishing more than you know. You have more potential than you think, but you will never know your full potential unless you keep challenging yourself and pushing beyond your own self imposed limits.
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Surround Yourself with Positive People Who Believe in Your Dreams
Distance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life.
Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes--everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I'm going to go out like a fucking meteor!
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No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Hereβs a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages
1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didnβt stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.
3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on βBright Eyes.β
4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.
5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.
6) Nadia ComΔneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.
7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.
8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.
9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.
10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.
11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.
12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 23
13) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 24
14) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record
15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity
16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France
17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures βDavidβ and βPietaβ by age 28
18) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world
19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter
20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind
22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest
23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech βI Have a Dream."
24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics
25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.
27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.
28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas
30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driverβs order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger
31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States
32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.
33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"
34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.
35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.
36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.
37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.
38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".
40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived
41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise
42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out
43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US
44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats
45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President
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