inspirational Quotes
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You really do learn by example... Especially women, sometimes we think somebody's going to rescue us, or somebody's going to teach us how to do it, when in fact we have to understand that the biggest resource we have is inside of ourselves. I know that I can count on me to take care of me. That's a very important thing to know.
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Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
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After your first day of cycling, one dream is inevitable. A memory of motion lingers in the muscles of your legs, and round and round they seem to go. You ride through Dreamland on wonderful dream bicycles that change and grow.
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Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.
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It's okay to be average, as long as you surround yourself with extraordinary people that you become the average of.
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The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.
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The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.
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I was about 14, and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son - who was more into basketball - didn't want to. It was amazing, and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.
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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
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It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet
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In learning to pay respectful attention to one another and plants and animals, we relearn the acts of empathy, and thus humility and compassion - ways of proceeding that grow more and more necessary as the world crowds in.
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Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
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You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God.
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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
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The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
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Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
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Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
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Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.
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No legacy is so rich as honesty.
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Become abundant with your compliments to others. We're all so fragile, especially when we put on a brave face. A sincere compliment can penetrate beneath even the most sophisticated masks to soothe troubled souls.
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You get to the point where you decide that you don't want to be a victim anymore and that you're not going to live your life like that.
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Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its first seven years not only was an inspirational journey into the heart of American pop culture, it opened my eyes to the untapped potential of the incredibly dynamic young people in this world.
