A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
Begin the morning by saying to yourself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. … I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him.
~ Marcus Aurelius
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There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.
~ Will Smith
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
~ Jennifer Pahlka
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
~ Lao Tzu
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And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
~ Abraham Lincoln
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Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.
~ Will Smith
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
~ Dorothy Parker
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
~ Lao Tzu
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Astrophysicists assure us the universe has no center; therefore, you cannot be it.
~ David McCullough
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The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be out-worked, period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there’s two things: You’re getting off first, or I’m going to die. It’s really that simple, right? You’re not going to out-work me. It’s such a simple, basic concept. The guy who is willing to hustle the most is going to be the guy that just gets that loose ball. The majority of people who aren’t getting the places they want or aren’t achieving the things that they want in this business is strictly based on hustle. It’s strictly based on being out-worked; it’s strictly based on missing crucial opportunities. I say all the time if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready.
~ Will Smith
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