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"I have always found that effort is most easily produced when performed for the benefit of something external to ourselves."
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"Don't surrender your life to a Face, a Farce, a Fence or a Force. Don't be a Slave, be Brave."

"We ought to live the fullness of life."

"Stand tall like a tower."

"When we give up our dreams then we are merely existing and not living."

"If you try you would never be alone, because the whole world is tired of loneliness."

"Without enthusiasm then what we have surrounded ourselves with becomes worthless."

"Do not let the temporal pain of discipline you need to acquire knowledge stop you from acquiring it."

"Believe in yourself and the power of your inner strength."

"Go live your dreams. It is your only daring adventure."

"Fully inhale your dream and completely exhale manifestation of it."
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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."

"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."

"Today's world is flooded with participation trophies. In an attempt to promote equality we have robbed our youth of the most growth-inducing aspect of competition, failing. If you want to be resurrected, you have to first be crucified. Everybody wants to be reborn, but no one is willing to die. Losing, in the context of whatever arena it may be, is a microcosmic death. When we learn from our failures and grow because of them, we are reborn."

"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."

"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."

"By becoming a black belt, you will become whatever it is you wanted to be in the first place, and Jiu Jitsu will have served its aim."
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