Motivational Quotes
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Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.
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Every one minute you spend in planning will save you at least three minutes in execution.
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I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew that if I'd made the mistake of retiring I would know during and after those Games in Athens.
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We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
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Run with your heart instead of your mind. When you think with your mind, you think of the things you can and can't do. But when you run with your heart you forget about what you can't do, and you just go out and do it.
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What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude - and a lot less greed.
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When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.
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You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
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Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives.
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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.
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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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An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
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Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.
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If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.
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I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education. And through music and art and basketball and activities and joys that people share worldwide, regardless of ethnic background or religious orientation.
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If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.
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Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is, a deep sense of meaning and of contribution to worthy projects and causes, particularly, your intergenerational family.
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I believe that good things come to those who work.
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If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
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Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.
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Winning is not about how many medals you get-it's about accomplishing goals and just being the best you can be!
