Get going

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

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Get active

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

Dr. Robert Schuller

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The risk of playing it safe

Realize that sleeping on a futon when you’re in your 30s is not the worst thing. You know what’s worse, sleeping in a king bed next to a wife you’re not really in love with but for some reason you married, and you got a couple kids, and you got a job you hate. You’ll be laying there fantasizing about sleeping on a futon. There’s no risk when you go after a dream. There’s a tremendous amount of risk to playing it safe.

Bill Burr

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Be responsible

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

Les Brown

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Active reading

Don’t read a book and be a follower; read a book and be a student.

Jim Rohn

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Be an influence

I don’t want to be a product of my environment; I want my environment to be a product of me.

Frank Costello in The Departed

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Build your body

Every living cell in your body is made from the food you eat. If you consistently eat junk food then you’ll have a junk food body.

Jeanette Jenkins

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Strive for greatness

We have to go for what we think we’re fully capable of, not limit ourselves by what we’ve been in the past.

Vivek Paul

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Center of attention

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Anthony Robbins

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I was dying

First I was dying to finish high school and start college.

And then I was dying to finish college and start working.

And then I was dying to marry and have children.

And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough for school so I could return to work.

And then I was dying to retire.

And now, I am dying… and suddenly I realize I forgot to live.

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