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March 29, 2019 - February 1, 2022
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them. —HENRY DAVID THOREAU
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
“They say time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself.”
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. —DALE CARNEGIE
the person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
You need the answers to the two most important questions in the universe. What do you really want to get out of life? How can you help others in a way that no one else can? Once you have the answers, you’ll be ahead of most everyone else.
Leadership has little to do with titles and everything to do with influence.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. —EDMUND BURKE
D. H. Lawrence: “Life is something to be spent, not saved.”
Asking two questions—“Why should I do this?” and “What will happen if I don’t?”—will clarify a great many responsibilities for you.
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times . . . the best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.
