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“We can’t change those stories, but we can choose where we go from there.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
“Yamhill needs a library,” she said. “There is entirely too much gossip. People would be better off reading books.”
― A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir
― A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir
“No man is more unhappy,” the Stoic philosopher Seneca said, “than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
“confidence empowers resilience in the aftermath of negative feedback, and adaptability in the face of changing circumstances. You know what your abilities are and how they add value, whether other people appreciate them or not. If you’ve forged a healthy sense of self-confidence, it will see you through whatever emerging challenges and difficulties come your way.”
― Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
― Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
“If you find yourself expending tremendous energy on how you are seen, if you often feel your pride being wounded, if you find yourself reading an article or two on a subject and thinking you’re an expert, if you always try to prove you’re right and have difficulty admitting mistakes, if you have a hard time saying “I don’t know,” or if you’re frequently envious of others or feel as though you’re never given the recognition you deserve—be on guard! Your ego is in charge.”
― Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
― Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results
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