The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

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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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Identity is this incredible invisible force that controls your whole life. It's invisible, like gravity is invisible, but it controls your whole life.

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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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Life is nothing but a mirror of your consistent thoughts.

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The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

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If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real.

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The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

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Any Idiot can point out a problem . A leader is willing to do something about it! Leaders solve problems!

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As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity.

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