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    Arthur C. Clarke
    “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
    ― Arthur C. Clarke
    tags: motivational
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    Confucius
    “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
    ― Confucius, Confucius: The Analects
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    Pablo Picasso
    “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
    tags: art, creativity, motivational, picasso, rules, writing
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: motivational, work
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods
    tags: inspirational, motivational
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    Miguel de Unamuno
    “Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.”
    ― Miguel de Unamuno
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    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
    tags: fear, motivational
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  • #8
    “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
    It matters that you don't just give up.”
    ― Stephen Hawking
    tags: courage, curiosity, hopefulness, motivational, perseverance, universe, wonder
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    Epictetus
    “First say to yourself what you would be;
    and then do what you have to do.”
    ― Epictetus
    tags: motivational
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    Denis Waitley
    “Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.”
    ― Denis Waitley
    tags: motivational, procrastination, time
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    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    “Everything is hard before it is easy”
    ― Goethe J.W.
    tags: motivational
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    Ann Landers
    “Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.”
    ― Ann Landers
    tags: character, motivational
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    Amit Ray
    “You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.”
    ― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
    tags: advaita, advaita-vedanta, alone, aloneness, awakening, awareness, enlightenment, eternal, eternal-life, eternal-truths, everyone, everyone-belongs, global-oneness, insights, inspirational, interconnectedness, life, life-lessons, loneliness, motivational, non-duality, nonduality, oneness, spiritual-growth, spiritual-quotes, spirituality, unity, vedanta, wisdom, wisdom-quotes
    316 likes

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    Elizabeth Gilbert
    “One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.”
    ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
    tags: inspirational, motivational
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    Haruki Murakami
    “A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: chivalry, gentleman, gentlemen, inspirational, manners, motivational, politeness
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    Anthony Robbins
    “It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.”
    ― Anthony Robbins
    tags: consistency, motivational, perseverance
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    Angie Sage
    “...yelling doesn't make a thing any more possible.”
    ― Angie Sage, Queste
    tags: marcia-overstrand, motivational, yelling
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    Sinclair Lewis
    “It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.”
    ― Sinclair Lewis
    tags: motivational, on-writing
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    Zig Ziglar
    “Make today worth remembering.”
    ― Zig Ziglar
    tags: inspirational, motivational
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    Leonardo da Vinci
    “Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose”
    ― Leonardo da Vinci
    tags: motivational, purpose, work
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    Will Smith
    “Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to your. And stay.”
    ― Will Smith
    tags: inspirational, motivational, peaceful
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  • #22
    “Life keeps throwing me lemons because I make the best lemonade...”
    ― King James Gadsden
    tags: inspirational, life, motivational, reality
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    Epictetus
    “Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles into practice – now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You aren’t a child anymore. The sooner you set yourself to your spiritual program, the happier you will be. The longer you wait, the more you’ll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better. From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do – now.”
    ― Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
    tags: motivational, procrastination
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  • #24
    “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can, there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.”
    ― Sarah Caldwell
    tags: inspirational, learning, motivational, opportunity
    188 likes

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    Samuel Beckett
    “Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
    ― Samuel Beckett
    tags: humourous, motivational, philosophical, quirky
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    Francis of Assisi
    “We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.”
    ― St. Francis of Assisi
    tags: inspirational, motivational
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    William Faulkner
    “Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
    ― William Faulkner
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    George Santayana
    “My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.”
    ― George Santayana, Soliloquies in England & Later Soliloquies
    tags: atheism, baruch-spinoza, gods, inspirational, interest, motivational, naturalism, piety, spinoza, universe
    152 likes

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger
    “What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?”
    ― Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
    tags: inspirational, motivational, originality
    111 likes

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    Forrest Curran
    “For your past, for your flaws, and ultimately for your stress; I judge no one whom I’ve met along the way because in a sense we were all wounded in our own ways.”
    ― Forrest Curran
    tags: inspirational, motivational, peace, philosophy, spiritual, wisdom, zen
    92 likes



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