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"Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going."
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"Teachable spirit makes you crave for more wisdom and knowledge."
"Many have risen to a very high level of success where their personalities weren't able to keep them long enough. This is why It is highly recommended that you work on yourself while working on your dreams."
"The one who has become free from all mistakes, he has no superior over him; he needs no one to reprimand him. He can become whatever he desires. Our path (Akram Vignan) is a path in which a person can become such that there will be no one to reprimand him."
"When somebody criticise you, be happy and thankful because they have given you an opportunity to think about the matter more precisely and more detailed!"
"There's a lesson here, and that is I have to find happiness inside myself before I try to partner again."
"Big people never scare me. I am a little man. I can easily hide."
"At the end of the day, if you're wasting your time by not investing in yourself, you're going to waste away-and that would be the greatest waste of all."
"If you can listen to yourself and obey yourself more, then you have increased your chances for attaining personal effectiveness."
"There are some people who may be good yet toxic for you, so be careful of who you surround yourself with."
"Quit trying to change others. You haven't done such a great job on yourself " yet."
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"In the history of history, there has never been someone with your particular genetic make-up or life experiences. This being the case, we have no reference points with which to compare ourselves, and therefore it is futile to attempt to measure yourself relative to others."
"We seek to understand Jiu Jitsu as a vehicle to understand ourselves. We have different explicit goals, from getting in shape, learning self-defense or competition, but tacitly we all seek mastery of ourselves."
"The beautiful truth about service is that we are afforded countless opportunities to be its vehicle. Every interaction with another is an opportunity to serve. From simply letting someone into your lane in traffic, to holding a door, to a kind smile. This is all service. I am humbled by this simple truth. We are given the opportunity to express the most meaningful use of our lives every time we interact with another sentient being."
"This philosophy teaches us to leave safe harbor for the rough seas of real-world experience, and to accept that a rough copy out in the world serves us far greater than a masterpiece sitting quietly on our shelves."
"The road from white belt to black is long and arduous; most never reach the end. There are simply too many obstacles of daily life, and too much effort and attention required, for this to be something that the majority of practitioners achieve. This is why a black belt in Jiu Jitsu, especially from a reputable source, is the pinnacle of martial arts rank. It is valuable because of what must be traded for its achievement."
"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."
"Mastery lies on an infinite continuum, and as a result we will never reach the end. We can, however, see to it that we are as far along that continuum as our circumstance allows."
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