A comforting thought

Just think how happy you’d be if you lost everything and everyone you have right now, and then, somehow got everything back again.

Kobi Yamada

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Focus!

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There is plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr

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Enthusiasm is underrated

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

Edward Appleton

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You can do it

And if you can not, you will learn how to!

Always take a job that is too big for you.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

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It’s not just about luck

You have to be in the right place at the right time, but when it comes, you better have something on the ball.

Croucho Marx

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It’s quite simple

Success has a simple formula: Do your best, and people may like it.

Sam Ewing

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Sounding familiar?

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

Edward Teller

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Different positions

The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist still sees the wound under the scar.

Ernst Schroder

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A tall stand

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

William Safire

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