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“If you think you’re perfect already, then you never will be.”
― Cristiano Ronaldo

“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”
― Zhuangzi, The Butterfly as Companion: Meditations on the First Three Chapters of the Chuang Tzu

“The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?”
― Zhuangzi, Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“God has no religion.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
― Gandhi

“No one is going to come help you. No one's coming to save you.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

“It's a lot more than mind over matter. It takes relentless self discipline to schedule suffering into your day, every day.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

“We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

“I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

“Everything in life is a mind game! Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

“The Buddha famously said that life is suffering. I’m not a Buddhist, but I know what he meant and so do you. To exist in this world, we must contend with humiliation, broken dreams, sadness, and loss.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

“Pain unlocks a secret doorway in the mind, one that leads to both peak performance, and beautiful silence.”
― David Goggins, Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

“The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.”
― Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf