Success →

This week I’ve been reading a lot and doing little work. That’s the way things ought to be. That’s surely the road to success.

~ Anne Frank

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One →

One day at a time. It sounds so simple. It actually is simple but it isn’t easy: It requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.

~ Russell Brand

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Activity →

Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.

~ Japanese proverb

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Change →

The most reliable way to change your entire life is by not changing your entire life… Improve the whole by mastering one thing.

~ James Clear

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Priority →

The root of the word ‘priority’ is singular… It was a singular word—the one thing. In modern times, we’ve turned it into ‘priorities,’ but then all of a sudden it turns into eight, ten, 15 things and that defeats the purpose.

~ Shaka Smart

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Pressure →

To achieve great things, two things are needed: A plan and not quite enough time.

~ Leonard Bernstein

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Disguise →

We become so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that at last we are disguised to ourselves.

~ Rochefoucauld

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Purpose →

To concentrate your mind on something is not the true purpose of zen. The true purpose is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

~ Shunryu Suzuki

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Memory →

Sometimes you don’t know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

~ Gunnar Freyr

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Chance →

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance—when you least expect it—sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

~ Nicholas Sparks

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