If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. ― Rick Riordan

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If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. — Jim Rohn

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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. — Josh Billings

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

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In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

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There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

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the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

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I don't believe consciousness is generated in the brain any more than television programs are made inside my TV. The box is too small.

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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

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