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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Traveling is all very well and good as long as you knew there is a place or person you can call home”
― Jodi Picoult, Mercy

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”
― Confucius

“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”
― Confucius, Analects Of Confucius

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!”
― Maya Angelou

“Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.”
― Liz Smith

“When you could do anything, what you decide to do is important.”
― Neal R. Voron

“Leaders live by choice, not by accident.”
― Mark Gorman

“I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's
greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending
commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may
sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their
dreams from those who live in regret.”
― Anthony Robbins

“Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.”
― Anthony Robbins

“How am I going to live today to create the tomorrow I've committed to?”
― Tony Robbins

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ”
― Anthony Robbins

“You can’t have a plan for your day, ‘til you have a plan for your life.”
― Tony Robbins

“Why live an ordinary life, when you can live an extraordinary one.”
― Anthony Robbins

“Don't exist.
Live.
Get out, explore.
Thrive.
Challenge authority. Challenge yourself.
Evolve.
Change forever.
Become who you say you always will. Keep moving. Don't stop. Start the revolution. Become a freedom fighter. Become a superhero. Just because everyone doesn't know your name doesn't mean you dont matter.
Are you happy? Have you ever been happy? What have you done today to matter? Did you exist or did you live? How did you thrive?
Become a chameleon-fit in anywhere. Be a rockstar-stand out everywhere. Do nothing, do everything. Forget everything, remember everyone. Care, don't just pretend to. Listen to everyone. Love everyone and nothing at the same time. Its impossible to be everything,but you can't stop trying to do it all.
All I know is that I have no idea where I am right now. I feel like I am in training for something, making progress with every step I take. I fear standing still. It is my greatest weakness.
I talk big, but often don't follow through. That's my biggest problem. I don't even know what to think right now. It's about time I start to take a jump. Fuck starting to take. Just jump-over everything. Leap.
It's time to be aggressive. You've started to speak your mind, now keep going with it, but not with the intention of sparking controversy or picking a germane fight. Get your gloves on, it's time for rebirth. There IS no room for the nice guys in the history books.
THIS IS THE START OF A REVOLUTION. THE REVOLUTION IS YOUR LIFE. THE GOAL IS IMMORTALITY. LET'S LIVE, BABY. LET'S FEEL ALIVE AT ALL TIMES. TAKE NO PRISONERS. HOLD NO SOUL UNACCOUNTABLE, ESPECIALLY NOT YOUR OWN. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT'S YOUR FAULT.
Make this moment your reckoning. Your head has been held under water for too long and now it is time to rise up and take your first true breath.
Do everything with exact calculation, nothing without meaning. Do not make careful your words, but make no excuses for what you say. Fuck em' all. Set a goal for everyday and never be tired.”
― Brian Krans, A Constant Suicide

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”
― Maya Angelou

“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.”
― Sylvia Plath

“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.”
― Heath L. Buckmaster, Box of Hair: A Fairy Tale

“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

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sundial in the shade?”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”
― Anne Frank

“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ”
― William James

“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
― Honoré de Balzac

“Times will change for the better when you change.”
― Maxwell Maltz

“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother

“I love my job when I'm not there.”
― Paul R. Linde, Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist