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#1

“Unruly geeks change the world”
― Alexandra Robbins, The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School

tags: geeks, robbins

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#2

“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.”
― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

tags: being, life, life-plan, vocation

218 likes

#3

“As young people, we are surrounded by expectations that may have little to do with who we really are, expectations held by people who are not trying to discern our selfhood but to fit us into slots.”
― Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

21 likes

#4

“We need to fall in love with the process, not just the end product of our work.”
― Todd Henry, Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day

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#5

“We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

tags: change, growth, inspirational, learning-from-mistakes, past

1552 likes

#6

“We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

tags: happiness

673 likes

#7

“An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

110 likes

#8

“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way".”
― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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#9

“Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~”
― Zig Ziglar, Something To Smile About Encouragement And Inspiration For Life's Ups And Downs

tags: inspirational

35 likes

#10

“The hardest part of learning something new is not embracing new ideas, but letting go of old ones.”
― Todd Rose, The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness

20 likes

#11

“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

tags: wrong

130 likes

#12

“If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

tags: business, future

95 likes

#13

“How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?”
― Seth Godin, Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas

tags: change, inspirational, self-improvement

98 likes

#14

“Perhaps your challenge isn't finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.”
― Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

88 likes

#15

“Those who have an abundance mindset are far more likely to be happy with their lives and to achieve their goals than are those who have a scarcity mindset.”
― Mike Cernovich, Gorilla Mindset

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#16

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: motivation

4467 likes

#17

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: inspirational, motivational

4774 likes

#18

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

tags: death, life

11428 likes

#19

“What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.”
― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

213 likes

#20

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

1793 likes

#21

“Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.”
― Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages Singles Edition

tags: love, relationships

85 likes

#22

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice

tags: inspirational, motivational, success

1343 likes

#23

“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

tags: attitude, contentment, happiness, inspirational, life

6276 likes

#24

“The simple act of moving your body will do more for your brain than any riddle, math equation, mystery book, or even thinking itself.”
― David Perlmutter, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers

18 likes

#25

“In the deepest sense of the word, a friend is someone who sees more potential in you than you see in yourself, someone who helps you become the best version of yourself.”
― Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

141 likes

#26

“Being original doesn’t require being first. It just means being different and better.”
― Adam M. Grant, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

65 likes

#27

“The strategy of putting all your eggs in one basket and watching that basket is less risky than you might think.”
― Joel Greenblatt, You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits

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#28

“Nobody can tell you if what you’re doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is. ”
― Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

36 likes

#29

“..The stuff you learn beforehand will never be one-tenth as useful as the stuff you learn the hard way, on the job.”
― Hugh MacLeod, Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination

tags: inspirational, work

15 likes

#30

“You can be inspired by the mysteries of great dreams. But to achieve them, you must pull back the curtain and do the unimpressive work that gets you there.”
― Ben Arment, Dream Year: Make the Leap from a Job You Hate to a Life You Love

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