It’s not who we are, but what we do that defines us.
~ “Bruce Wayne“
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Quotes
A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
Realize that all things change
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
~ Lao Tzu
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Success
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
~ Winston Churchill
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A delusional quality
I think that there’s a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have. You have to believe that something different can happen.
~ Will Smith
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The world breaks everyone
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
~ Ernest Hemingway
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Do the difficult things
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
~ Lao Tzu
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One tongue
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue – to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
~ Socrates
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When it gets hard
The road to success is through commitment, and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is gonna get hard and you’re gonna wanna quit sometimes, but it’ll be colored by who you are, and more who you want to be.
~ Will Smith
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Rise to the work of a human being
In the morning, when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present: I am rising to the work of a human being.
~ Marcus Aurelius
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No fixed plans
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
~ Lao Tzu
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That’s funny…
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny…”
~ Isaac Asimov
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If you are absent
If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.
~ Will Smith
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Irrelevance
If you don’t like change, you are going to like irrelevance even less.
~ Eric Shinseki
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Silence
Silence is a source of great strength.
~ Lao Tzu
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Life time
No such thing as spare time.
~ Henry Rollins
No such thing as free time.
No such thing as down time.
All you got is life time.
Go.
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The last person to leave
I want to be the person that is the first person there and the last person to leave. That’s who I want to be, because I think the road to success is through commitment, and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is going to get hard and you’re going to want to quit sometimes, but it’ll be colored by who you are, and more who you want to be.
~ Will Smith
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The second 90%
The first 90% of a project is a lot easier than the second 90%.
~ Tim Sweeney
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Where you are heading
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
~ Lao Tzu
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The one who smiles
Better to be the one who smiled than the one who didn’t smile back.
~ unknown
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They merely amplify
Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.
~ Will Smith
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