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"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."
"If you can dream it, you can achieve it."
"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice."
"Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
"I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists."
"What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?"
"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming."
"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself."
"Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you."
"We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
"Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined."
"Eighty percent of success is showing up."
"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
"Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back."
"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."
