Letting go

Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.

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Be good for something

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Henry David Thorau

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What is luck?

Luck is not a magical ability or a gift. Luck is a state of mind: A way of thinking and behaving.

Richard Wiseman

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Did you give it all you had?

Yesterday you were asked “How did you play?”

Today we hear the question “Did you win?”

I say the real question is “Did you give it all you had?”

To me, that is the only criterion that makes you a winner.

Wilt Chamberlain

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Learn in life

Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly.

Helen Keller

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Changing your mind

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

Plato

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Value your time

Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes.

Ingvar Kamprad

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Do what you love

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

George Burns

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Praise change

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Muhammad Ali

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Get out there!

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Virginia Woolf

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