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“Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
― John Wooden

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
― John Wooden

“Happiness begins where selfishness ends.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
― John Wooden

“You can’t live a perfect day until you do something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
― John Wooden

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― John Wooden

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
― Craig Lancaster, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure

“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
― John Wooden

“Discipline yourself and others won't need to.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.”
― John Wooden

“Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.”
― John Wooden

“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. ”
― John Wooden

“My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.”
― Phyllis Diller

“I have begun to notice that I don’t even enjoy folks who aren’t at least a tad mentally ill. I don’t wish folks without a little anxiety or depression any harm, I just don’t find myself particularly curious about them. I have come to believe that we “crazies” are the best people.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living

“You are not here to waste your time deciding whether my life is true and beautiful enough for you. You are here to decide if your life, relationships, and world are true and beautiful enough for you.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“What I thought would kill me, didn’t. Every time I said to myself: I can’t take this anymore—I was wrong. The truth was that I could and did take it all—and I kept surviving. Surviving again and again made me less afraid of myself, of other people, of life.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“We forget: In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph