We must travel in the direction of our fear.
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We must travel in the direction of our fear.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Commit yourself to a dream. Nobody who tries to do something great, but fails, is a total failure. Why? Because he can always be assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle; he defeated the battle of not trying.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
The value of an ambitious goal is not measured by what it will bring to you. The worth of a goal is measured by what it will make of you in the process of following and attaining it.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
The real person you are is revealed in the moments when you're certain no other person is watching. When no one is watching, you are driven by what you expect of yourself.
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
Gods always behave like the people who make them.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
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