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		Half-baked effort is almost as good as no effort put in at all. Always seek to do your best. Good things always have a way of finding those who put forth their best even when their situation seems bleak.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Chris Erickson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Canfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vince Lombardi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pat Riley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always wanted to create shoes that were positive and happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edgardo Osorio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Ehrenreich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rand Beers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abby Wambach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Hunt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lapo Elkann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Floyd Mayweather, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was born in West Baltimore, lived in a situation in which violence was everywhere. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taraji P. Henson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Disney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is positive that the change in Finland means a rush in the elections and not in the streets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tarja Halonen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We can start with housing, the sturdiest of footholds for economic mobility. A national affordable housing program would be an anti-poverty effort, human capital investment, community improvement plan, and public health initiative all rolled into one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matthew Desmond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big effort to keep them from being seen through. But a very old idea is at work behind our current state of affairs: enantiodromia, or the Greek notion of things turning into their opposite. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Hillman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I'm going to release anything into the world, I want it to have a positive message. So I think that 'Sit Still, Look Pretty' and 'Hide Away' were two upbeat pieces, and their messages really uplift me the most. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Grace Martine Tandon