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“Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking down your complex overwheliming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” ~ Mark Twain

“Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.” ~ U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone

“We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.” ~ Stephen Covey

“You can go far on hard work and big dreams, often a hell of a lot farther – and faster – than people with more education and experience.” ~ Mike Michalowicz

“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” ~ John C. Maxwell

“Nothing we can do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.” ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” ~ Henri Bergson

“For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is – to live dangerously.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

“We need to see pain in the right light; we need to contextualize it and develop a proper attitude toward life, one of self-mastery, creation, and ultimately a kind of playfulness. Then, each individual failure, each accident will be redeemed within the greater context of a successful life, a life of one’s own making.” ~ Jacob Held

“What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Pain is a fact.

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“We can’t escape pain; we can’t escape the essential nature of our lives. But we do have a choice. We can give in and relent, or we can fight, persevere, and crete a life worth living, a noble life. Pain is a fact; our evaluation of it is a choice.” ~ Jacob Held

“We can’t change what life is, but we can change how we react to and interpret it.” ~ Jacob Held

“If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell

“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell

“The greatest victory is the victory over ourselves. Remember, it’s always too soon to quit.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

“I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated.” ~ Emmitt Smith

“The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there’s nothing more to give… Win or lose the game is finished. It’s over. It’s time to forget and prepare for the next one.” ~ Sparky Anderson

“Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It’s what you do after you cross the line that really counts.” ~ Ralph Boston

“A penny saved is a penny earned.” ~ Benjamin Franklin