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    “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates

      “There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust. But we lean forward nonetheless because, despite all risks and rational argument, we believe that the path we are choosing is the right and best thing to do. We refuse to be bystanders, even if we do not know exactly where our actions will lead.” – Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks

        “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” ~ Mark Twain

          “Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago?  If not, things will not improve by themselves.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

            “There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, ‘Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,’ and an optimist who says, ‘Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.’  Either way, nothing happens.” ~ Yvon Chouinard

              “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

                “Many a false step was made by standing still.” ~ Fortune Cookie

                  “Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress – stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

                    “It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor.  The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre.  Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

                      “‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

                        “Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.” ~ John F. Kennedy

                          “I also have in mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use it, or get rid of it, and thus have forged their own golden or silver fetters.”  ~ Henry David Thoreau

                            “These individulas have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.” ~ Seneca

                              “A procrastinator is a thief of his or her own time.” ~ Jhoon Rhee

                                “Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.” ~ Francesco Guicciardini

                                  “Whatever you believe, you become.” ~ Michael Jackson

                                    “Give up for a second and that is where you will finish.” ~ Unknown

                                      “People don’t want to be millionaires – they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.” ~ Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

                                        “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” ~ Oscar Wilde

                                          “Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.” ~ J.C. Penney