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• Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

  Margaret Cousins

  Change, Thanksgiving, Thank You

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Perspective, Different, Needs

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• Too often, people forget the basic fact of life: all those good things we enjoy come from the ache in [our] backs and the willingness to shoulder great personals risks.

  Ronald Reagan

  People, Risk, Facts

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• One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

  Edward de Bono

  Motivational, Powerful, Taken

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.

  Charlie Sheen

  Humility, Ability, Willingness To Learn

  "Playboy Interview: Charlie Sheen". Interview with David Rensin, www.playboy.com. April 15, 2011.

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

  Mark Twain

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

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• Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to look not only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

  Peter Remnant

  Life, Trust, Father Son

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• In our willingness to give that which we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives.

  Deepak Chopra

  Generosity, Giving, Keep Moving Forward

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Aug 15, 2011

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• The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and have, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else, would set our hearts at rest, and we would discover the simpler life, the greater peace.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Heart, Want, Greater

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• When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Change, Meaningful

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 27, 2017

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• Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

  Janet Jackson

  Dream, Hard Work, Reality

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

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• I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sacrifice

  "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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• Spiritual empowerment is evidenced in our lives by our willingness to tell ourselves the truth, to listen to the truth when it's told to us, and to dispense truth as lovingly as possible, when we feel compelled to talk from the heart.

  Christina Baldwin

  Spiritual, Heart, Empowerment

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• Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

  August Wilson

  Inspirational, Strength, Forgiveness

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• If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Change, Fall, Self

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• What is needed is a marriage of two impulses, a coupling of the urge to do something positive with the willingness to constantly re-evaluate how effectively our actions lead to our goal - that of ending world hunger.

  Harry Chapin

  Two, Goal, World

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• The main reason for people's lack of success is their willingness to give up what they want most of all, for what they want right now!

  Zig Ziglar

  Giving Up, People, Want

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• The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

  Edward de Bono

  Powerful, Taken, Creativity

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.

  George Washington

  Veterans Day, Military, War

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• Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

  Jack Welch

  Life, Change, Strength

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• Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

  Wilfred Owen

  Funny, Ambition, Numbers

  Wilfred Owen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)”, p.479, Delphi Classics

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• I believe that we carry within us a divinely inspired moral imperative to love ... We have within us the ability to change for the better and to find dignity as individuals rather than as drones in one mass movement or another. We have the ability to love, the need to be loved, and the willingness to put our own lives on the line to protect those we love, and it is in these aspects of ourselves that we can glimpse the face of God; and through the exercise of these qualities, we come to a Godlike state.

  Dean Koontz

  Believe, Exercise, Quality

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• Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it.

  Seth Godin

  Successful, Two, Elements

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• Nothing is impossible for a man with a strong will. The possible is in store only for a man who loves the future. There is no word "impossible" in the Korean language.

  Kim Jong Il

  Love, Strong, Future

  "Kim Jong Il Handbook". International Business Publications USA, 2011.

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• The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

  Angela Merkel

  Education, High Heels, Skills

  Interview with Bertrand Benoit and Andrew Gowers, www.ft.com. July 20, 2005.

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