Motivational Quotes
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One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune.
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I believe that good things come to those who work.
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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.
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To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
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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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I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
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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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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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Never shame to hear what you have nobly done
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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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Do more than believe: practice.
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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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Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of "me-my wants, my needs, my rights? What would wisdom dictate - would it not direct us to focus on trust-building principles and sacrificing 'me' for 'we'?"
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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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Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.
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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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Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.
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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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The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.
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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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There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?'
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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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Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
