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Chris Matakas

"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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"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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"I am learning to accept everything about myself,even the part of me that struggles to accept everything about myself."

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"By looking for the unexpected and discerning the surreptitious features in the scenery within us, we apprehend our personality, find out our identity and learn how to cultivate it. Taking care of our fingerprints will be an enduring endeavor. ['Looking for the unexpected']"

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"As long as you are still breathing, you definitely haven't reached your highest potential on earth. Always challenge yourself to do better."

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"In search of myself, I have created myself."

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"You don't have to be ashamed feel down, to have a good cry; we are human after all and it's the part of humanity."

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"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."

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"Confidence is not a requirement for taking action. It's the result of taking action."

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"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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"Freedom from the thinking mind is our underlying goal for most of human activity."
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"I have never been as alive or awake as I have been through Jiu Jitsu."
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"Our most valuable victories are those which go without praise."
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"Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself."
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"The more closely two organisms depend upon each other the harder it becomes to tell where one organism ends and the other begins."
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"When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else."
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"The most meaningful endeavors are the ones that come without an end."
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"Anyone can be tough for a season. It takes a special kind of human to rise to life's challenges for a lifetime."
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"We must strive to become more daily. We must honestly assess our weaknesses and overcome them. We must work toward the highest possible version of ourselves. This is a worthy use of our time, but it is only when we do so with the ultimate aim of service to our fellow man that we really connect with something greater than ourselves. To contribute to the world in a positive way, this is the gift of life."
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