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"Only 20 percent of employees working in large organizations surveyed feel their strengths are in play every day. Thus, eight our of ten employees surveyed feel somewhat miscast in their role."
"A change is as good as a rest."
"Fear is nothing more than a mental monster you have created, a negative stream of consciousness"
"Great performers are preparing and practicing for a winning day while everyone else is still asleep."
"I can't imagine going back to long hair. Cutting it was the greatest thing I ever did"
"The Land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India."
"If you want to work consistently, you have to be a team player."
"I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine / This little light of mine, I'm feelin' let it shine / I'm feelin' take y'all back to them better times/ I'm feelin' talk about my mama if y'all don't mind"
"The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all."
"If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then reverence, respect, and responsibility are the three Rs that our children need to master for the sake of their souls and the health of the world."
"People just want to know that they matter."
"Never for a moment allow your greatness to interfere with your goodness."
"Strength times strength times strength times strength times strength times strength means power."
"You only have power in your energy field ... so the only way to live the life you want is in your energy field ... and your greatest power is love."
"You have to choose love ... in the most difficult of time to shift the paradigm to that which is love."
"I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived. 'I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand,' Maya Angelou proclaimed in her poem 'Our Grandmothers.' When I move through the world, I bring all my history with me-all the people who paved the way for me are part of who I am."
"The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?"
"It is your life and it is worth risking everything to make it yours."
"Living your best life is to find out what your calling is. Your real job on Earth is to find out what you were meant to be doing & to find a way to do that thing."
"I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when I retire. When I go sailing, I look around ... anyone want to race? I just love competing as opposed to just going out and watching the sunset."
