Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
~ Mike Tyson
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Quotes
A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms which became my collection of quotes.
I miss that age
I miss being the age I was when I thought I would have my shit together by the time I was the age I am now.
~ unknown
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Inspiration
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
~ Pablo Picasso
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Get busy
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
~ “Red“
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Your bullshit story
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.
~ Jordan Belfort
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You can decide
You may not control all the events that happen to you,
~ Maya Angelou
but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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Those who matter don’t mind
Be who you are and say what you feel
~ Bernard Baruch
because those who mind don’t matter
and those who matter don’t mind.
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Five simple rules
Five simple rules for happiness:
~ unknown
1. Free your heart from hatred
2. Free your mind from worries
3. Live simply
4. Give more
5. Expect less
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Motivation
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!
~ unknown
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Wonder and skepticism
Not only could nobody tell me, but nobody even had the sense that it was an interesting question. They looked at me funny. I asked my parents; I asked my parents’ friends; I asked other adults. None of them knew. My mother said to me, “Look, we’ve just got you a library card. Take it, get on the streetcar, go to the New Utrecht branch of the New York Public Library, get out a book and find the answer.”
~ Carl Sagan
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Gift of silence
“You have a grand gift of silence, Watson,” said he,
~ Arthur C. Doyle
“It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.”
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Too much information
I’ve seen the whole world six times over
~ The Police
Sea of Japan to the cliffs of Dover,
Overkill. Overview. Over my dead body.
Over me. Over you. Over everybody.
Too much information /
Runnin’ through my brain.
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Nice people
A person who is nice to you, but is not nice to the waiter, is not a nice person.
~ unknown
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Success
You will succeed because most people are lazy.
~ unknown
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Ethics, Integrity, Courage, Dignity
• A man does the job no one else wants to do.
~ “Atticus Finch”
• A man lives with integrity every day.
• The most important form of courage is moral courage.
• Live with quiet dignity.
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Entertaining
An educated man can…
~ Brett McKay
entertain himself;
entertain a friend;
entertain a new idea.
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Two important days
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why.
~ Mark Twain
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Past, Future, Present
If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
~ unknown
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present.
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Tired of chasing
There’s a point in life when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything, but it’s not giving up. It’s realizing that you don’t need certain people and their crap.
~ unknown
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Improve your argument
My father used to say, “Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.”
~ Desmond Tutu
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