Settling Quotes - Page 2

• Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Inspirational, Fighting

  Chuck Palahniuk (2001). “Choke: A Novel”, Anchor Books

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• Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

  John F. Kennedy

  Life, Motivational, Crazy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Business, Work

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• I was the second-best player in high school. I was the second pick in the draft. I've been second in the MVP voting three times. I came in second in the Finals. I'm tired of being second. I'm not going to settle for that. I'm done with it.

  Kevin Durant

  Tired, School, Player

  "Kevin Durant sick of second, working for first with help of advanced stats" by Ben Golliver, www.si.com. April 23, 2013.

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• You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.

  Don Shula

  Cheating, Hard Work, Numbers

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• Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world

  Jane Austen

  Girl, Giving, Further Education

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.477, Wordsworth Editions

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• You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Anger, Hands

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Don't settle for anybody just to have someone. Set your standards. What kind of love do you want to attract? List the qualities you really want in the relationship. Develop those qualities in yourself and you will attract a person who has them.

  Louise Hay

  Relationship, Quality, Want

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• There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say.

  James Cagney

  Mean, Never Settle, Relax

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.

  Rick Perry

  Fighting, Apology, Thinking

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• Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Realizing, Dhammapada

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• It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.

  Seth Godin

  Art, Creating, Maps

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.7, Penguin

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• One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.

  Michael Josephson

  Keys, Never Settle, Adequacy

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• If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Water, Meditation

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• Don’t tolerate any form of average. Don’t accept Dis-excellence. Don’t stand for mediocre. If you’re going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best.

  Robin Sharma

  Average, Excellence, Accepting

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• We won't figure out what's sacred in life if we settle for what's safe.

  Bob Goff

  Safe, Sacred, Figures

  FaceBook post by Bob Goff from Apr 25, 2014

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• There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Inspirational, Cute, Sad

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• Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

  Angela Bassett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Women

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• Instead of doing the best thing, we sometimes have to settle for the rightest thing.

  Jodi Picoult

  Sometimes, Best Things

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.

  Alan Cohen

  Success, Hurt, Asks

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• Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

  Jane Austen

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Girl

  Jane Austen, J. B. Austen Leigh (1898). “Mansfield Park”

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• Healing cannot be done by settling a score.

  Alice Walker

  Healing, Done, Score

  Alice Walker (2004). “Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel”, p.88, Random House

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  Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.

  Candace Bushnell

  Love, Single, Butterfly

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