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“Research shows that if you start your week off with good routines (things like going to the gym), you're more likely to keep up the positive behavior throughout the whole week. If you wait to start a habit until Wednesday, you'll talk yourself out of the good behavior completely with promises that you'll start next week.”
― Erin Doland, Unclutter Your Life in One Week

“If money management isn't something you enjoy, consider my perspective. I look at managing my money as if it were a part-time job. The time you spend monitoring your finances will pay off. You can make real money by cutting expenses and earning more interest on savings and investments. I'd challenge you to find a part-time job where you could potentially earn as much money for just an hour or two of your time.”
― Laura D. Adams, Money Girl's Smart Moves to Deal with Your Debt: Create a Richer Life

“Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.”
― Jen Hatmaker, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess

“I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.”
― Katherine Hepburn

“The days are long, but the years are short.”
― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

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

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”
― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“Be glad. Be good. Be brave.”
― Eleanor Hodgman Porter

“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. —FR. ALFRED D’SOUZA”
― Arianna Huffington, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

“Indeed, the real question is not, “Why greatness?” but “What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?” If you have to ask the question, “Why should we try to make it great? Isn’t success enough?” then you’re probably engaged in the wrong line of work.”
― Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

“I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.”
― Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

“They tell you: Follow your dreams. Listen to your spirit. Change the world. Make your mark. Find your inner voice and make it sing. Embrace failure. Dream. Dream and dream big. As a matter of fact, dream and don’t stop dreaming until your dream comes true.
I think that’s crap.
I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, powerful, engaged people? Are busy doing.”
― Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes

“Here’s the promise I’d like to see us make for one another: that when we’re down, we’ll reach out for help. That when we’re up, we’ll reach back and offer a hand.”
― Kendra Scott, Born to Shine: Do Good, Find Your Joy, and Build a Life You Love