"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other."
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"Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning."
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"Let's make a dent in the universe"
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"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now."
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"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."
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"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."
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"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."
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"What does not destroy me, makes me stronger."
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"Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food."
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"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results."
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"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life."
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"You must do the things you think you cannot do."
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"From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm."
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"Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events."
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"You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
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"If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience."
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"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
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"Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus."
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"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."
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"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."
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