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“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”
― Théophile Gautier

“Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.”
― David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big

“The mind is what the mind is fed.”
― David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big

“Be happy, but never satisfied.”
― Bruce Lee

“Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“The doubters said,
"Man can not fly,"
The doers said,
"Maybe, but we'll try,"
And finally soared
In the morning glow
While non-believers
Watched from below.”
― Bruce Lee

“Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!”
― Bruce Lee

“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ”
― Bruce Lee

“For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“As you think, so shall you become.”
― Bruce Lee

“Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot”
― Bruce Lee

“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”
― Bruce Lee

“Time means a lot to me because you see I am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing.”
― Bruce Lee

“Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.”
― Bruce Lee

“The More we value things, the less we value ourselves”
― Bruce Lee

“‎The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
― Bruce Lee

“If you think a thing is impossible,you'll only make it impossible.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”
― Bruce Lee

“The word "superstar" is an ilusion”
― Bruce Lee

“It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.”
― Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club