Motivational Quotes
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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.
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It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.
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Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.
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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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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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Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
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I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
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Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.
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If you want to play the game and win, you've got to play 'full out.' You've got to be willing to feel stupid, and you've got to be willing to try things that might not work - and if they don't work, be willing to change your approach. Otherwise, how could you innovate, how could you grow, how could you discovery who you really are?
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In my own experience, both personally and professionally, I've learned that you don't wait to confront reality. It doesn't get easier. It doesn't get better. And, in some cases, if you don't get the relevant information from people and act quickly, you start losing options. You're into damage control.
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We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overly large houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous world of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal and unique.
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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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To know just what has do be done, then to do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.
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Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.
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Never shame to hear what you have nobly done
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Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
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It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.
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The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.
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My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.
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We don't need more stuff, we need more humanity.
