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Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. Rumi
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. This is the… Swami Vivekananda
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry… Swami Vivekananda
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world. Paramahansa Yogananda
Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice. B.K.S. Iyengar
Let a man lift himself by his own self alone; for this self alone is the friend of oneself, and this self… Bhagavad Gita
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin
Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin
When you're finished changing, you're finished. Benjamin Franklin
I will prepare and some day my chance will come. Abraham Lincoln
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. Mark Twain
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles… Booker T. Washington
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the… Helen Keller
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Helen Keller
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. William James
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. James Allen
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore… James Allen
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. James Allen
Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand. Napoleon Hill
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. Dale Carnegie
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when… Dale Carnegie
It's always too early to quit. Norman Vincent Peale
We become what we think about. Earl Nightingale
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. Earl Nightingale
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino
I will persist until I succeed. Og Mandino
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. Jim Rohn
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. Jim Rohn
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Jim Rohn
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun
There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs. Zig Ziglar
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Zig Ziglar
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. Zig Ziglar
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen Covey
You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found… John C. Maxwell
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time. John C. Maxwell
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to… John C. Maxwell
Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. John Wooden
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombardi
Winners never quit and quitters never win. Vince Lombardi
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. Tony Robbins
Progress equals happiness. Tony Robbins
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Les Brown
Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer
Every thought we think is creating our future. Louise Hay
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over… Denis Waitley
Personal development is a major time-saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve… Brian Tracy
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred… Jacob Riis
Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare. Angela Duckworth
You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both. Brené Brown
With time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped. Charles Duhigg
Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end. Robin Sharma
Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life. Robin Sharma
Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results. Robin Sharma
The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity. Robin Sharma
Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your… Sara Blakely
The best investment you can make is in yourself. Warren Buffett
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. Warren Buffett
Go to bed smarter than when you woke up. Charlie Munger
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Peter Drucker
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot… Alvin Toffler
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who moves not forward, goes backward. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
True life is lived when tiny changes occur. Leo Tolstoy
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. Anton Chekhov
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson
Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different. C.S. Lewis
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T.S. Eliot
I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. William Ernest Henley
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. Vincent van Gogh
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be… Vincent van Gogh
I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. Vincent van Gogh
People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Leonardo da Vinci
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting… Michelangelo
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his… John Dewey
Excellence is not a skill. It's an attitude. Ralph Marston
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi
The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much,… Benjamin E. Mays
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs… Howard Thurman
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. Nelson Mandela
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Colin Powell
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that… Marie Curie
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in… Marie Curie
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
Don't count the days; make the days count. Muhammad Ali
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Muhammad Ali
A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall. Serena Williams
Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love… Pelé
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination,… Jesse Owens
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. Wilma Rudolph
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. Babe Ruth
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth
The most important shot in golf is the next one. Ben Hogan
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick… Bruce Lee
Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own. Bruce Lee
I'm not telling you it is going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. Art Williams
A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence. James N. Watkins
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. Edwin Louis Cole
If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. Banksy
Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle. Jon Acuff
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. Dolly Parton
Be stronger than your excuses. Author Unknown
Strive for progress, not perfection. Author Unknown
One day or day one. You decide. Author Unknown

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