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“You are much more likely to act your way into healthy thinking than to think your way into healthy acting.”
― Rory Vaden, Take the Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving True Success

“I am not bound to win, I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light that I have. —Abraham Lincoln”
― Jon Gordon, The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

“They feared the LORD, but also served their own gods.” (2 Kings 17:33”
― Anonymous

“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.”
― George Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son

“A fool pulls the leaves. A brute chops the trunk. A sage digs the roots.”
― Pierce Brown, Golden Son

“Beauty is only skin deep, but that’s deep enough to satisfy any reasonable man.”
― George Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, ... known to his intimates as "Piggy."

“If no one’s upset by what you’re saying, you’re probably not pushing hard enough. (And you’re probably boring, too.)”
― Jason Fried, ReWork

“Standing for something isn’t just about writing it down. It’s about believing it and living it.”
― Jason Fried, ReWork

“You can’t build on top of “We’ll decide later,” but you can build on top of “Done.”
― Jason Fried, ReWork

“If I’d listened to customers, I’d have given them a faster horse. —HENRY FORD”
― Jason Fried, Rework

“A Smith & Wesson beats four aces”
― Ajaz Ahmed, Velocity: The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital

“Connecting with people in a powerful way is a skill that must be developed, nurtured, and practiced.”
― Matthew Kelly, The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved

“You can’t improve what you can’t measure”
― Ajaz Ahmed, Velocity: The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital

“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular.”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

“Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace, be still!”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“If it isn’t a clear yes, then it’s a clear no.”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

“The most devastating form of loneliness is not to be without friends; rather, it is to be surrounded by friends and never to be truly known.”
― Matthew Kelly, The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved

“with most men duty means something unpleasant which the other fellow ought to do.”
― George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, ... known to his intimates as "Piggy."

“Wisdom is prudent strength.”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“that the chance to shape one’s story is essential to sustaining meaning in life;”
― Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“LIFE IS AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. IF YOU ABANDON THE PRESENT MOMENT YOU CANNOT LIVE THE MOMENTS OF YOUR DAILY LIFE DEEPLY. —Thich Nhat Hanh”
― Greg McKeown, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

“You’re more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” —Alvin Toffler I”
― Keith E. Webb, The COACH Model for Christian Leaders

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” —Winston Churchill Changes”
― Keith E. Webb, The COACH Model for Christian Leaders

“The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution...” —Albert Einstein Coaching”
― Keith E. Webb, The COACH Model for Christian Leaders

“So often we fail to acknowledge what we have because we’re so concerned about what we want.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“I am not what I ought to be, Not what I want to be, Not what I am going to be, But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be. It”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Politeness and courtesy are a small price to pay for the goodwill of others.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“Abraham Lincoln. He once said that the best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court