Be adventurous

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal.

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Improvement

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Leadership

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

Ralph Lauren

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Find your passion

Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.

Napoleon Hill

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Learning your lesson

Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.

Herbert Gesser

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Coping with difficult times

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Plutarch

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A change of plans

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

Jim Rohn

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The dangerous safety of cynicism

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we’re lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it’s worse than fear – it’s active disengagement.

Ken Burns

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Make yourself strong!

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Carlos Castanada

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Being a professional

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don’t feel like doing  it.
David Halberstram