Somewhat higher

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

~ Thomas Henry Huxley

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Obstacles

We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.

~ Robert Brault

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Leadership

Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.

~ Diane Nash

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The best you can

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

~ Maya Angelou

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Living the dream

Most of us are “living the dream”—living, that is, the dream we once had for ourselves. We might be married to the person we once dreamed of marrying, have the children and job we once dreamed of having, and own the car we once dreamed of buying. But thanks to hedonic adaptation, as soon as we find ourselves living the life of our dreams, we start taking that life for granted. Instead of spending our days enjoying our good fortune, we spend them forming and pursuing new, grander dreams for ourselves.

~ William B. Irvine

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Overcoming Resistance

How many pages have I produced? I don’t care. Are they any good? I don’t even think about it. All that matters is I’ve put in my time and hit it with all I’ve got. All that counts is that, for this day, for this session, I have overcome Resistance.

~ Steven Pressfield

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Intention is action

Your intention should be something that really lights you up. You need to feel it in your chest, in your gut. It is the verb that connects you to your audience, the umbilical cord that takes your energy to them and brings theirs back to you. Intention is action.

~ Angie Flynn-McIver

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The future

Science fiction has the capacity to inspire by setting the vision of a radically better future, and by making it clear that the future won’t happen unless we put in the work.

~ Dan Wang

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Reading

There will be no war and there will be no greed and all of the children will know how to read.

~ Gene Roddenberry

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Peculiar thinking

Every man has some peculiar train of thought which he falls back upon when he is alone. This, to a great degree, molds the man.

~ Dugald Stewart

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