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Motivational Quotes
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
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"It's not about the failure, it's about learning from the failures. Failure itself cannot be celebrated."
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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
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"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
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"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
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"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
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"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
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"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
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"One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
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"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."
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"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
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"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment."
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"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."
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"It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation."
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"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
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"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."
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"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."
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"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
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"I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid - if you are afraid, you can't move forward."
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"I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing."
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"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
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"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
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"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
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"I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.""
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"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."
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"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."
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"Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning 'bit' always switched on."
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"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game."
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"We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us."
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"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best."
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"Motivation will almost always beat mere talent."
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"Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. Anyone who lives inside the US can never be considered an outsider anywhere in the country."
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"Life is unfair, but that's no reason to give up on it."
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"Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me."
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"Endurance: It is the spirit which can bear things, not simply with resignation, but with blazing hope. It is the quality which keeps a man on his feet with his face to the wind. It is the virtue which can transmute the hardest trial into glory because beyond the pain it sees the goal."
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"Don't think about what can happen in a month. Don't think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be."
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"The starting point of all achievement is desire."
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"If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do."
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"Awake, O brave one! Arise, O lion-heart! Be the messenger that spreads compassion."
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"We talk on principal, but act on motivation."
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"Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value."
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