Inspirational Quotes - Page 17

• Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Success, Softball, Football

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• Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.

  Steve Jobs

  Creativity, Artist, Best Job

  "Steve Jobs: seven lessons from Apple's founder" by Frédéric Filloux, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2011.

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• Happiness depends upon ourselves.

  Aristotle

  Happiness, Adventure, Positivity

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Love, Life, Dream

  "The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe".

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• Until we question our stressful thoughts, we remain victims of the images in our head.

  Byron Katie

  Stress, Thinking, Think Positive

  Twitter post from Mar 09, 2013

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• When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Maturity, Ice

  "Bruce Lee: Artist of Life".

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• We must become the change we want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Change, Peace, Loving Life

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  One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Motivational, Depression

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to stop worrying & start living”, p.22, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.

  Tara Stiles

  Love, Moving, Yoga

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• Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

  Bruce Lee

  Life, Motivational, Letting Go

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The years teach much which the days never know.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Wisdom, Time

  'Essays. Second Series' (1844) 'Experience'

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• Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Attitude, Positive Thinking, New Day

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Positive, Success

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 12, 2016

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• The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

  Plutarch

  Leadership, Education, Teaching

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• A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

  Paulo Coelho

  Wisdom, Fear, Motivation

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 18, 2014

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• That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Life, Wisdom, Respect

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• Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.

  Michael Josephson

  Life, Motivational, Success

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• Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Uplifting

  "A Square Deal". Theodore Roosevelt's speech to farmers at the New York State Agricultural Association in Syracuse, New York, September 7, 1903.

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• With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.

  Brian Tracy

  Confidence, Dream, Self

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Oct 07, 2014

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• Don't think or judge, just listen.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Judging, Just Listen

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.165, Penguin

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• Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

  George Washington Carver

  Motivational, Badass, Failure

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• Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivational, Running, Hope

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• If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

  Margaret Fuller

  Positive, Education, Teacher

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  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

  Bill Cosby

  Motivational, Success, Graduation

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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• Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

  Anne Frank

  Love, Motivational, Inspiring

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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