Everybody has a calling. And your real job in life is to figure out as soon as possible what that is, who you were meant to be, and to begin to honor that in the best way possible for yourself.
— Oprah Winfrey
FIND a WAY to WIN at something EVERY DAY
It doesn’t have to be big. Some of the best days are made up of one or more small victories. Those incremental wins add up to meaningful change over time.
It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life; it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power.
— Robert T. Kiyosaki
Fall seven times; stand up eight.
— Japanese Proverb
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
— Herman Melville
What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
— E.E. Cummings
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
— Truman Capote
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan and guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
— Jim Rohn
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
— Arthur Christopher Benson
I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
— Émile Zola
The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
— Nelson Henderson
Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.
— Yoda
Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.
— Albert Einstein
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
— Mario Andretti
The more I want to get something done the less I call it work.
— Richard Bach
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.
— Steve Jobs
You get to decide where your time goes. You can either spend it moving forward, or you can spend it putting out fires. You decide. And if you don't decide, others will decide for you.
— Tony Morgan
Don't count the days; make the days count.
— Muhammad Ali
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
— Earl Nightingale
A year from now you may wish you had started today.
— Karen Lamb
Build your own dreams or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
— Farrah Gray
When someone tells me no, it doesn't mean I can't do it; it simply means I can't do it with them.
— Karen E. Quinones Miller
The individual who says it's not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.
— Tricia Cunningham
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you're willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.
— Lou Holtz
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.
— Robert Collier
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
— George Lorimer
Success is personal so stop comparing your apples to their oranges.
— Yohancé Salimu
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
— Maya Angelou
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
— Oprah Winfrey
Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.
— David Allen
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