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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa
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A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, nothing else.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
Nelson Boswell
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Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
Leonardo Da Vinci
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You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.
Alexander Woollcott
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You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind.
Irish Proverb
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
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All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face ... we must do that which we think we cannot.
Roosevelt, Eleanor
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Perfect courage is todo without witnesses what one would be capable of doing before all the world.
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
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Courage is resistance to fear; mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
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Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Winston Churchill
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A man full of courage is also full of faith.
Cicero
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You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Charles Buxton
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Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.
Anonymous
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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Jack Kinder
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Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan
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Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.
William Feather
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Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Longfellow
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Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
Goethe
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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Elbert Hubbard
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Malcolm S. Forbes
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One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
Anonymous
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Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
Will Rogers
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One today is worth two tomorrows.
Franklin
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You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
Diana Ross
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Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission.
Neil Kendall
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Henry Ford
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To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.
Mike Gafka
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If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen.
Cher
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If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Rosalyn Carter
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Don't let go of your dreams. If you have determination and belief in your dreams, you will succeed in spite of your desire to let go.
Catherine Pulsifer
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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
Milton Berle
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You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
Yogi Berra
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus
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Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
Les Brown
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Goals help focus you on areas in both your personal and professional life that are important and meaningful, rather than being guided by what other people want you to be, do, or accomplish.
Catherine Pulsifer
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Great minds have purposes, others have dreams.
Washington Irving
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It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.
John R. Amos
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Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.
Lowell Thomas
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Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Charles Richter
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Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
James F. Byrnes
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If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.
Les Brown
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Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.
Fitzhugh Dodson
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Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Robert H. Schuller
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The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Richard B. Sheridan
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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
- John Shedd
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"The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God."
- Max Lucado
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"If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?"
- Stephen Levine
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.
Thomas Carlyle
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
Baruch Spinoza
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The mind is like a clear mirror.
At all times we must strive to polish it, and must not let the dust collect.
Huineng
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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
Hermann Hesse
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To attain knowledge, add things every day.
To attain wisdom, remove things every day.
Tao Te Ching
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Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.
Vincent van Gogh
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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
Jimmy Carter
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the Heart.
Helen Keller
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We must find our own particular way of loving the world and put our energy into it. Decide your way of loving and you will be rewarded.
Bernie Siegel
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Good friends and excellent teachers - Stick close to them! Wealth and power are fleeting dreams but wise words perfume the world for ages.
Ryokan
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You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Andrew Carnegie
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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
Stephen R. Covey
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Emerson
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Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.
Gordon Parks
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Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
Yiddish Proverb
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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
Rudyard Kipling
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Sometimes, people use age as a convenient excuse. 'I'm to old too start something new', or, 'I couldn't learn that at my age.' Other people, though, go on to acheive
their greatest accomplishments in life in later years.
Catherine Pulsifer
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The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
David Sarnoff
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Malcolm S. Forbes
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One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
Anonymous
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Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
Will Rogers
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One today is worth two tomorrows.
Franklin
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You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
Diana Ross
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Some people follow their dreams, others hunt them down and beat them mercilessly into submission.
Neil Kendall
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Henry Ford
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To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.
Mike Gafka
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If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen.
Cher
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If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
Rosalyn Carter
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Don't let go of your dreams. If you have determination and belief in your dreams, you will succeed in spite of your desire to let go.
Catherine Pulsifer
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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
Milton Berle
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You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
Yogi Berra
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus
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Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.
Les Brown
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Goals help focus you on areas in both your personal and professional life that are important and meaningful, rather than being guided by what other people want you to be, do, or accomplish.
Catherine Pulsifer
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Great minds have purposes, others have dreams.
Washington Irving
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It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.
John R. Amos
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Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.
Lowell Thomas
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Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Charles Richter
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Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
James F. Byrnes
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If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.
Les Brown
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Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.
Fitzhugh Dodson
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Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Robert H. Schuller
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The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Richard B. Sheridan
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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa
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Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Winston Churchill
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If you want to shine like a sun. First burn like a sun.
A.P.J Abdul Kalam
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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Oscar Wilde
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What you seek is seeking you
Rumi
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You are never a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop
Rumi
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One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who have only opinions.
Winston Churchill
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Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument
Ratan Tata
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Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive
Ratan Tata
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None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can.
Ratan Tata
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Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
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The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself...The more you learn, the more you'll earn.
Warren Buffett
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All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds.
A.P.J Abdul Kalam.
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To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.
Doug Conant
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If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.
Harvey Mackay
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Improvement begins with I.
Arnold Glasow
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When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.
Anonymous.
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The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Vidal Sassoon
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To lead people, walk behind them.
Lao Tzu
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The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Theodore Roosevelt
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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
Max Luca
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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.
Sam Walton
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Criticism is the price of ambition.
Robin Sharma
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Life’s too short to have tiny dreams.
Robin Sharma
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A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch beaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself.
Anonymous
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Paychecks can’t buy passion.
Brad Federman
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Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
Stephen R. Covey
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Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.
Tom Peters
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In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius
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Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.
Sir Richard Branson
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Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Peter Drucker
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I’d rather hire a person with 50% knowledge and a 100% commitment than the other way around.
Lennard Gast
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When they feel invisible, it’s easy for them to leave.
Beverley Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
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While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
Gerald Grummet
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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford
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It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln
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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
Michael Jordan
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You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.
Zig Ziglar
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I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.
Zig Ziglar
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Anything that is measured and watched, improves.
Bob Parsons
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A leader's job is to look into the future, and to see the organization not as it is...but as it can become.
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The strength of the team is in each individual member... the strength of each member is in the team.
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To stand apart from the competition, you must first stand together as a team.
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Problems become opportunities when the right people join together.
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A man who believes in himself and not the circumstances is the real winner
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A winner is not one who never fails but one who never quits
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It is no longer enough to satisfy customers, you must delight them
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Best advertisement is a satisfied customer
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away
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It is not important to see how many moments we live but how much life we put in each moment
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