I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.
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I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.
Life is a journey, not a destination; there are no mistakes, just chances we've taken.
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.
I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a_x000D_ _x000D_ hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond_x000D_ _x000D_ himself, and by so doing change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.
Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
most people are perfectly afraid of silence
All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better. You can't worry about it, you can't panic when you look at the stock market's decline. You get frozen like a deer in the headlights. All you can do is all you can do.
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