Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. — Julie Andrews

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Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ― Howard Thurman

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Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.

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You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!

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People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. - Gustave Flaubert

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Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started._ David Allen

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The criminal justice system punishes people for their poverty. ― Kamala Harris

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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

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Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success. ― Israelmore Ayivor

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