Believe in yourself

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Doing big things

There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.

Jason Fried

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Your will to succeed

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

President Abraham Lincoln

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The importance of goals

Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I will give you a stock clerk.

James Cash Penney

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Hard work

Hard work spotlights the character of people: Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.

Sam Ewing

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Your focus needs more focus!

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Bruce Lee

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The cure for all

The cure for anything is salt water: Sweat, tears, or the sea.

Isak Dinesen

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Spending time

The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

Zhuanzi

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The beginning of work

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Plato

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Losing yourself

To dare is to risk losing your footing for a moment. Not to dare is to risk losing yourself.

Soren Kierkegaard

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