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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Do the difficult things →
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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So implausible →
Not long ago, what we have today was so implausible that nobody bothered to say it would never happen.
~ Marc Andreessen
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Just three things →
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
~ Lao Tzu
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Pain is temporary →
Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, or an hour, or a day, or even a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. However, if you quit that pain will last forever.
~ Lance Armstrong
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Skill is developed →
The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.
~ Will Smith
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No hope →
If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
~ Albert Einstein
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