Anna Quindlen: “When you leave college, there are thousands of people out there with the same degree you have; when you get a job, there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life.”
Lynn Johnston: “The most profound statements are often said in silence.”
William Hazlitt: “He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.”
Chris Messina: “Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn’t come from inside.”
Thomas Moore: “To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.”
Cecil B. DeMille: “Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.”
Elizabeth Aston: “There was no escaping by means of any journey, however adventurous, one took one’s problems and sorrows with one.”
Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata: “You can’t change what you’ve done, so you might as well just take pride in it.
Mahatma Gandhi: “Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
George S. Patton: “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
Arthur Hays Sulzberger: “I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.”
Marianne Williamson: “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
Henry George: “Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.”
Robert J. Shiller: “The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.”
J. K. Rowling: “Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.”
Andre Gide: “Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.”
Margaret Atwood: “Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.”
Oprah Winfrey: “Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you.”
Ali Vincent: “Getting enough sleep can be just as important as working out.”
Michael Flatley: “Whenever I hear, ‘It can’t be done,’ I know I’m close to success.”
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