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“Your success is directly proportional to your belief in yourself.”
“Success must be felt within before it can be seen on the outside.”
“Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem.”
“Never reply when you are angry. Never make a promise when you are happy.”
“Intolerance is a form of ignorance that must be mastered.”
“Ask yourself this question: Will this matter one year from now?”
“Worry, envy, jealousy, hatred, doubt, and fear are all states of mind that are fatal to action.”
“When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.”
“We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, ‘Why did this happen to me?’ unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.”
“Every time you find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.”
“If it’s not going to matter in 5 years, do not spend more than 5 minutes being upset by it.”
“Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.”
“The greatest fool of all is the man who fools himself.”
“We judge others by their actions; we judge ourselves by our intentions.”
“You can't hate yourself into becoming someone you love.”
“You can find on the outside only what you possess on the inside.”
“It’s hard to read the label when you’re inside the bottle.”
“You are a masterpiece of your own life, make sure to paint yourself in the colors you love.”
“A person’s work is a portrait of themselves.”
“The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are. The second greatest is being happy with what you find.”
“It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.”
“God gives us talent. Work transforms talent into genius.”
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it’s stupid.”
“He can do more for others who has done most for himself.”
“The self is not something that one finds. It is something that one creates.”
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
“The reward of a thing well done is having done it.”
“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
“Knowledge talks. Wisdom listens.”
“Knowledge is that which is acquired by learning. Wisdom is knowing what to do with it.”
“Never accept criticism from someone you wouldn't go to for advice.”
“Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.”
“Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is like one who plows his land and leaves it unsown.”
“Winners are simply willing to do what losers won’t.”
“If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do.”
“There can be no triumph without sacrifice.”
“When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.”
“If it’s too easy or it’s already been done, it’s probably not worth having.”
“Everything that is easy and guaranteed to succeed has already been done.”
“If it was always easy, it wouldn’t be worthwhile.”
“What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy.”
“Carry yourself with the confidence of a man who has already won.”
“Self-confidence develops when it’s used and disappears when it is not.”
“The confidence of ignorance will always overcome the indecision of knowledge.”
“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.”
“Where fear controls, significant achievement becomes an impossibility.”
“Do you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears?”
“The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.”
“Face your fears. Allow the fear or anxiety to move through you. Embrace it.”
“Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart.”
