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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great
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'It's never too early to begin the journey towards excellence, but you have to commence the voyage in order to reach it.'
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When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
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When challenges present themselves, you alter your course to accomplish your objective; you do not reverse your commitment to succeed.
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Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.
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Until you are content with yourself, you will never be satisfied with your possessions.
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F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.
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'Dread has two interpretations: 'Disregard Everything And Hasten Away' or 'Confront Everything And Prosper.' The decision is yours.'
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There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.
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Climbing the ladder of success requires taking the steps.
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Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.
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Honesty provides genuine liberation since there is nothing to be apprehensive about as there is nothing to conceal.
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The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
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The bedrock of accomplishment lies in probity, personality, incorruptibility, trust, affection and allegiance.
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Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories.
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Never hold anyone accountable for your life. Good individuals bring you joy. Poor people offer you knowledge. Worst individuals give you wisdom. And greatest folks provide you with recollections.
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Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head.
Raise the rent and kick them out.
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Refuse to entertain detrimental and harmful individuals in your mind.
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Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily.
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Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!
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Adhere to your commitments and you will eventually gain the autonomy to pursue your desires.
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Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
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You can bestow and retain your pledge, a grin, and an appreciative spirit.
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Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
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Falling in life is inevitable. Choosing to get back up and keep going is a decision.
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God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it.
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God will provide for what you experience. You look after the manner in which you endure it.
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Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
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Transform failure into a learning experience, not a death knell.
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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
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Optimistic contemplation will enable you to accomplish all tasks more proficiently than pessimistic musing.
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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
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You were destined for success, yet to triumph you must devise a strategy, ready yourself, and anticipate victory.
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Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
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"Ignore disparagement. Bear in mind ~ some individuals' only experience of accomplishment is to bring you down."
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When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.
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When you concentrate on difficulties, you acquire more dilemmas. When you contemplate prospects, you gain more chances.
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Success is not measured by what you do compared to what somebody else does. Success is measured by what you do compared to what you are capable of doing.
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Accomplishment is gauged by what you achieve compared to your potential, not to another individual's.
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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
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Anticipate the ideal. Be ready for adversity. Make use of whatever comes your way.
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There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.
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'You will invariably encounter individuals who mistreat you. Show gratitude for providing you with the resilience to overcome.'
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I have no way of knowing whether or not you married the wrong person. But I do know that if you treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. It is far more important to BE the right kind of person than it is to marry the right person.
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You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
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You can achieve all your aspirations if you are willing to lend a hand to others in achieving theirs.
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Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.
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Recall that your current circumstances are not the conclusion of your story; the best awaits you.
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Live in such a way that if someone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.
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Conduct yourself in a manner that if someone attempted to malign you, no one would give it credence.
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Success is not a destination: It is a journey. The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind.
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You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
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If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.
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The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.
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Don't let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future.
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Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
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What you do today can change all the tomorrow's of your life.
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If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
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The seed of a bamboo tree is planted, fertilized and watered. Nothing happens for the first year.
There´s no sign of growth.
Not even a hint.
The same thing happens - or doesn´t happen - the second year.
And then the third year.
The tree is carefully watered and fertilized each year,
but nothing shows. No growth. No anything.
For eight years it can continue. Eight years!
Then - after the eight years of fertilizing and watering have passed, with nothing to show for it - the bamboo tree suddenly sprouts and grows thirty feet in three months!
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Don't start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it's yours.
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Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.
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If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
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Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
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The moment you begin to worry about the things you want and the things you don’t have in life is the moment you will lose your gratitude... The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.
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Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
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If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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God never shuts one door without opening a bigger better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think.
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A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you are for what you have.
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Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
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In the blink of an eye everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You may not have that chance again.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow you reap. What you give you get. What you see in others exists in you. Regardless of who you are or what you do, if you are looking for the best way to reap the most reward in all areas of life, you should look for the good in every person and in every situation and adopt the golden rule as a way of life.
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It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
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