Watch your thoughts

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

Buddha

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Zest and enthusiasm 

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

Norman Vincent Peale

A helping hand

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Erin Majors

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About perfectionism

Perfectionism doesn’t make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.

Maria Shriver

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The (un)importance of sleep

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. 

Martha Stewart

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Being humble

Speak less than you know; have more than you show.

William Shakespeare

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Smile in trouble

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Thomas Paine

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Start creating

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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What do you pretend to be?

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Kurt Vonnegut

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