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"Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better."
"Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them."
"The whole world's effort of working hard goes to waste. Just as the bull [that turns the wheels on the oil mill] gets a piece of oil-cake (as a reward), the wife gives the husband a piece of handvo (savory lentil and rice cake), and so the work continues. All day long, one is producing like the bull in the oil mill."
"The bigger the 'flat' [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the 'flat' is worth six hundred thousand, then he has to work six times as hard. If it is three hundred thousand, he has to work three times over. One simply has to keep on working hard, doesn't he?"
"Working hard is not a waste of time, but a state of mind. Keep pushing your limits until you reach the edge. Then be kind and rewind."
"Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man."
"You cannot cross large rivers without building bridges."
Explore more quotes by Denis Waitley
"Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy."
"Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece."
"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."
"Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision."
"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."
"Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted."
"Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future."
"One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project."
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