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Chris Matakas

"Consistently failing is nothing more than an indication that you are progressing. The more we fail the farther we will see. Failure is not an option, it is the only option. A master is a master because he has had the courage to fail and the wisdom to learn from it."

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"Consistently failing is nothing more than an indication that you are progressing. The more we fail the farther we will see. Failure is not an option, it is the only option. A master is a master because he has had the courage to fail and the wisdom to learn from it."

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Vera Miles

"Adversity could be an advantage in the future. To be a success, take the advantage of adversity whenever possible."

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Vera Miles

"A pessimist sees the darkness around the light, but an optimist looks for the light in the darkness."

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Vera Miles

"What you do with your time daily is essential for spiritual and physical growth."

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Vera Miles

"If you work on yourself intellectually, you will be able to realize your potential."

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Vera Miles

"To Be Raised Without An Earthly Father Is Never An Excuse Not To Discover Purpose."

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Vera Miles

"With each drop of tear that we shed in our times of excruciating pain, our brain constructs majestic new cellular connections to aid in the pursuit of our passion - in the pursuit of truth."

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Vera Miles

"Stop allowing your outdated ideas to hinder your progress. How would your life be different if you became open to new information that can refine, improve, enhance your way of thinking, and empower your way of living?"

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Vera Miles

"To flourish in life is to live according to the laws of the kingdom that God ordained."

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Vera Miles

"To fly deep into the sky, you have to expand your wings by learning new things."

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Vera Miles

"In order to change thinking into the positive way, we need to analyze what complexes we have received."

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Chris Matakas
"The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become."

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Chris Matakas
"I am acutely aware that all I have been able to achieve has been in large part due to circumstances outside my control. This is why I teach, and this is why I write. I want to be one of those opportunities for others. Perhaps this is the true measure of success."

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Chris Matakas
"I train jiu jitsu because I love jiu jitsu. But I also train knowing that my practice in this art will allow me better practice in any art. If you have learned one thing, you have learned all things, because you have learned how to learn. I can think of no more worthwhile pursuit of education."

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Chris Matakas
"There is no more valuable skill than studentship. The farther we go down one area of human understanding, the more we see the corollaries that all activities share. Everything I do for the rest of my life, all the skills I acquire, will be made possible because of my time spent on the mats. It has revealed a symbiosis between all things that I never knew existed."

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Chris Matakas
"The best indicator of a man's philosophy is not what he reads or says, but the way in which he lives his life, the way in which he acts."

Life

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Chris Matakas
"I believe the devil exists in those little, seemingly unnoticeable moments when we choose to value our own insecurities over the service of others."

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Chris Matakas
"To know our values is to have a foundation on which to build a great life. Our environment and education will play a large part in influencing our formulation of this world view, but is ultimately ourselves that have the final say. We must decide what we value, and then live accordingly. After all, in the eyes of the world we could achieve great success, but if our actions do not coincide with what we ourselves truly deem worthy, we will find no peace."

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Chris Matakas
"On the other side of self-doubt comes a confidence from faith in the process. Even though our destination may be a long way off, each day we rise with a subtle smile as if we have already achieved it, because, when we are truly committed to a task, we already have."

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Chris Matakas
"I have always found that effort is most easily produced when performed for the benefit of something external to ourselves."

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Chris Matakas
"If something's existence is contingent upon the existence of another entity, can we truthfully call them separate beings?"

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