If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
Anthony J. D’Angelo
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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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It’s not the critic who counts
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Live Happiness
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
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Bruce Lee Week #6: Create your world
To hell with circumstances, I create opportunities.
Bruce Lee
There are a lot of things that can not be controlled. Life will put you in situations that you do not like at all. But although you can not control those situations, you can control your reactions to them.
How you react to situations and given circumstances defines what you can make out of them. You can turn a bad situation into a good opportunity. Having a flat tire? Great, you will learn how to change a tire! Your usual bus route is cancelled due to whatever reason? Awesome, time to learn a new route.
Okay, those examples are pretty mundane, but you get the point. It is about you feel and react towards what life throws at you that makes you happy or not. It is very important to realise that there is a lot out of your control and to just let it go. That’s just how it is, so don’t worry and make the best out of it.
Also, don’t wait for right moments all the time. Often, there is no right time. The right time is an imaginary moment you created in order to prolong decisions and bold actions. Create the right moment by acting!
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Just go right along
Out there things can happen, and frequently do, to people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go right along. You’ll start happening too.
Oh, the places you’ll go!
Dr. Seuss
Life unfolds in a lot of different ways. Just live your life and enjoy every bit of it.
Go with the flow, let things happen and let yourself happen. Let the universe unfold itself.
In short: Enjoy the ride, it’s the only one you have and it’s a damn fun one (If you let it)!
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Active inspiration
You can not wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club,
Jack London
Inspiration does not suddenly appear, it has to be created. Action creates inspiration. Start getting active and you will be pleasantly suprised.
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It’s about your reaction
Bottom line is, even if you see ’em coming, you’re not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can’t help that. It’s what you do afterwards that counts. That’s when you find out who you are.
Joss Whedon
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Why the rush?
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
Shakespeare
Sometimes you just have to start slowly, working yourself into something.
Why rush things? Planning and good calculations are worth a lot more than impatient actions.
Actually George R.R. Martin said some wise words about this topic:
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Act accordingly!
Your beliefs don’t make you a better person your behavior does.
Of course, beliefs are the fundamental fragments in your character and the foundation of your actions. But beliefs alone won’t do it, you have to make it count!
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