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“Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today? What virtue did I acquire?”
— Seneca
“There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.”
— Tony Robbins
“A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You cannot change your destination overnight but you can change your direction overnight.”
— Jim Rohn
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
— Lao Tzu
“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.”
— Chinese Proverb
“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
— Pablo Picasso
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.”
— Rumi
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.”
— Jeff Bezos
“I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive.”
— Joan Rivers
“The most courageous act is still to think independently; especially when death surrounds you on all sides.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.”
— Bodhidharma
“Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.”
— Carol Burnett
“I chose life over death for myself and my friends... I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.”
— Ernest Shackleton
“Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.”
— Gilbert Chesterton
“Nothing is easier than fault finding.”
— Og Mandino
“Loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it.”
— Mark Twain
“You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. ”
— Denis Waitley
“From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.”
— Groucho Marx
“You are now, and you do become, what you think about.”
— Earl Nightingale
“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda
“Success often appears to result from a combination of preparation, opportunity, and favor. But behind most every great accomplishment there stands an almost unbelievable necessity, which is nothing but the ability to adapt.”
— T.S. Eliot

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