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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
Maya Angelou
'Strive to reach your highest potential until you gain new insight. Then, apply that knowledge to improve yourself.'
2.
Live without pretending, love without depending, listen without defending, speak without offending.
Drake
Experience authentically, adore independently, hear without justifying, articulate without causing hurt.
3.
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Albert Camus
4.
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
Louisa May Alcott
Assuage your heart, beloved! There is always a glimmer of hope past the darkness.
5.
Never finish a negative statement; reverse it immediately, and wonders will happen in your life.
Joseph Murphy
Cease completing negative utterances; immediately invert them, and marvels will occur in your life.
6.
Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.
Eckhart Tolle
Cease searching outwardly for fleeting joy or satisfaction, for approval, safety, or adoration - an inestimable wealth lies inside of you that is far more valuable than anything the universe can provide.
7.
No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."
Deepak Chopra
No matter what the circumstance, remind yourself "I possess an option."
8.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Rabindranath Tagore
You cannot traverse the ocean merely by standing and gazing at the waves.
9.
A change of feeling is a change of destiny.
Neville Goddard
A shift in mindset is a shift in fate.
10.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
Reba McEntire
To succeed in life, you need three things: a desire, backbone and sense of humor.
11.
We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.
Dalai Lama
We frequently exacerbate our distress and anguish by being overly delicate, over-responding to trivial matters, and sometimes taking matters too deeply.
12.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Follow your conscience, regardless of the consequences; no matter what choice you make, you won't escape censure.
13.
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
Allen Klein
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Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
Byron Katie
Abstain from chasing admiration, acceptance, or acknowledgment-from anyone. And observe what happens in truth, merely for enjoyment.
15.
Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
Amelia Earhart
Determine...if the prize is worth the hazards associated. If so, cease fretting.
16.
You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.
Emmet Fox
Do not permit yourself to linger for even an instant on any sort of pessimistic thought.
17.
Positivity is like a boomerang. The more we put it out there, the more it comes back to us.
Jon Gordon
'Optimism begets its own reward; the more we give of it, the more is returned to us.'
18.
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
Andrew Carnegie
As I age, I increasingly focus on people's actions instead of their words.
19.
Even in darkness it is possible to create light.
Elie Wiesel
Illuminate despite obscurity.
20.
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
John F. Kennedy
We are not here to bemoan the obscurity, but to kindle the lamp that can lead us through that obscurity to an untroubled and rational future.
21.
Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
Solomon
22.
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
Emily Dickinson
Experience rapture in life; the mere pleasure of existing is contentment enough.
23.
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.
Jack Nicklaus
24.
It gets crazy in my mind sometimes but the reason why I like to express so much positivity on my Twitter is because I think we all are battling evil thoughts. I think it's important to not ignore them but to try to understand where they are coming from and get through them instead of suppressing them.
Jhene Aiko
27.
So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?
Hunter S. Thompson
28.
Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.
Deepak Chopra
29.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
Harper Lee
30.
We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.
Frederick Buechner
31.
When you worry about something, you are using your immense power of imagination negatively. You are imagining the worst, and as you imagine the worst, you are bringing it to you.
When you are excited about something, you are using your power of imagination positively. You are imagining the best, and as you imagine the best, you are bringing it to you.
Rhonda Byrne
33.
I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.
Beyonce Knowles
34.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Aeschylus
35.
I have no intention of dying. In fact, it will be the last thing I do!
Milton H. Erickson
36.
You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
Flip Wilson
38.
If you devote yourself to positivity, positivity will devote itself to you.
Mod Sun
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Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.
Ralph Marston
42.
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
Paulo Coelho
43.
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
Zig Ziglar
44.
Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Mark Twain
45.
Find people who love you unconditionally, surround yourself with them, and bring them the same level of intensity.
Sean Stephenson
46.
Ultimately what you do is secondary. But how you do it is primary.
Eckhart Tolle
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A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
Henrik Ibsen
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You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
Oprah Winfrey
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How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top
Yvon Chouinard
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For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
Isaac Bashevis Singer