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“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“That message is simple: When you come to one of the many moments in life when you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world, do not, I pray, discount that you filled a dying man’s days with a sated joy, a joy unknown to me in all my prior years, a joy that does not hunger for more and more, but rests, satisfied. In this time, right now, that is an enormous thing.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
― Rumi

“சாத்திரம் பேசுகிறாய் கண்ணம்மா சாத்திரம் ஏதுக்கடீ
ஆத்திரம் கொண்டவர்க்கே கண்ணம்மா சாத்திரமுண்டோடீ
மூத்தவர் சம்மதியில் வதுவை முறைகள் பின்பு செய்வோம்
காத்திருப்பேனோடீ இது பார் கன்னத்து முத்தமொன்று”
― Subramanya bharathi, mahakavi barathiyar kavithaikal

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.”
― Kent Beck

“It was the process we focused on, not the results. Why? Because we have total control over the process. The results, on the other hand, aren’t always in our control.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable

“When you make a commitment to only focusing on the things you have total control over—the effort you give, the attitude you carry, and the process of improving yourself in the present moment—when you focus on only those things and let the results take care of themselves, it’s been my experience that results beyond your wildest dreams tend to follow.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable

“Success is not something others can give you,” Wooden said. “True success can only be attained by knowing you did your very best to become the best you’re capable of becoming. That is how I define success.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable

“I focus on only the things I have total control over: MY EFFORT AND MY ATTITUDE. By focusing on only what I can control, my effort and my attitude in the present moment, I will have the peace of mind that comes from knowing the results will take care of themselves. I will not lose myself in the past or worry about the future. I will focus on the present. If I truly give my maximum effort to be the best that I can be today, I will be successful. NOTHING can take that from me.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable

“won’t pretend that worries about things outside of my control didn’t keep popping into my mind. But every time they did, I told myself: I focus on only the things I have total control over. I would then repeat the words effort and attitude until the worry subsided.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable

“I focus on only the things I have total control over: my effort and my attitude.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable

“I love what I do and I attack each day with joy and enthusiasm.”
― Darrin Donnelly, Think Like a Warrior: The Five Inner Beliefs That Make You Unstoppable