Not afraid to die on the treadmill →

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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Brick walls are there for a reason →

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.

~ Randy Pausch

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Never predict →

I’ve always been very careful never to predict anything that has not already happened.

~ Marshall McLuhan

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Happened to things →

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

~ Leonardo da Vinci

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The center of your being →

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

~ Lao Tzu

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Carl Sagan on the Power of Books and Reading as the Path to Democracy →

Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.

~ Carl Sagan

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I don’t think it has to be physical books — recall Mr. Sagan is from the pre-Internet epoch — but definitely *reading*, and definitely you have to be doing the hard work of deciding for yourself what you are reading.

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Books are key →

Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.

~ Carl Sagan

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The shots you never take →

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.

~ Wayne Gretzky

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Don’t chase people →

Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to your. And stay.

~ Will Smith

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Justice →

Justice is what love looks like in public.

~ Cornel West

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