To me, words are like stickpins. I can throw a word at you and it will bounce right off your body. But if I take that little stickpin and wire it to the back of an iron bar called human emotion, I can put that thing right through your heart.

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Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

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Don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits. Each day we must strive for constant and never ending improvement.

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No matter how difficult the situation is, it won't last forever. What follows the night is the day. What follows the winter is the spring.

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Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.

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Our goal is not to ignore the problems of life, but to put ourselves in better mental and emotional states where we can not only come up with solutions, but act upon them.

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I always tell people there's nothing greater than a crisis to create a breakthrough. Because that's when we breakthrough usually - most people don't proactively breakthrough - they breakthrough because they have to. And the beauty of crisis is it doesn't feel beautiful, is it melts us down. And when you're melted down you can recast your life in a new way.

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If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory.

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The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

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No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

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