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144 Cards in this Set
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CONFIDENCE |
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. |
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POSITIVE |
You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustrations and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. |
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COURAGE |
It is not length of life, but depth of life. |
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FEAR |
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." |
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DESIRE |
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. |
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DETERMINATION |
Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you. |
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SELF-RESPECT |
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self respect leads to self discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. |
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SELF-RESPECT |
Perhaps the surest of test of an individual's integrity is her refusal to do or say anything that would damage her self-respect. |
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SELF-RESPECT |
That you may retain self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. |
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CONFIDENCE |
Regardless of how you feel inside always try and look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. |
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AGE |
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. |
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ATTITUDE |
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. |
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LIFE |
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. |
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LIFE |
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. |
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EXPERIENCE |
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. |
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EXPERIENCE |
Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment. |
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TIME |
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. |
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ATTITUDE |
Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself. |
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AGE |
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. |
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COMPETITION |
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. |
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COMPETITION |
I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. |
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CONFIDENCE |
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. |
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COMPETITION |
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. |
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ACTION |
Either you run the day or the day runs you. |
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FEAR |
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. |
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SUCCESS |
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. |
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LIFE |
I came to live out loud. |
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HARDSHIP |
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. |
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HARDSHIP |
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. |
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TIME |
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. |
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SUCCESS |
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. |
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PERSEVERANCE |
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. |
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FAILURE |
Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose? |
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ATTITUDE |
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. |
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ATTITUDE |
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude. |
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ATTITUDE |
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. |
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ATTITUDE |
Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time. |
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ATTITUDE |
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. |
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ATTITUDE |
The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. |
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ATTITUDE |
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. |
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ATTITUDE |
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. |
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ATTITUDE |
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there. |
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ATTITUDE |
The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel. |
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BEAUTY |
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. |
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BEAUTY |
Beauty has a lot to do with character. |
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BEAUTY |
Beauty comes from within. |
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AGE |
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. |
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AGE |
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. |
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AGE |
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. |
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AGE |
Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you. |
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TRAVEL |
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? |
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TRUST |
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's. |
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TRUST |
Trust not too much to appearances. |
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TRUST |
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. |
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RELATIONSHIP |
Treasure your relationships, not your possessions. |
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TIME |
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. |
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TIME |
Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life. |
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TIME |
Know how to live the time that is given you. |
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TIME |
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. |
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LIFE |
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. |
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CAREER |
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. |
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KNOWLEDGE |
Stay hungry, stay foolish. |
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WEALTH |
When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence. |
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LIFE |
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. |
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FOCUS |
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. |
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FOCUS |
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. |
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QUALITY |
When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. |
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CLEAN SLATE |
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
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BEAUTY |
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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LOVE |
Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could. |
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SELF-RESPECT |
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. |
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MOTIVATION |
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. |
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MOTIVATION |
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. |
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PRESENT |
Wherever you are - be all there. |
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TIME |
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. |
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DESIRE |
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. |
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[re Gravity (2013)] |
How do you let go in the worst possible situation so you can have some kind of release and peace? Life is not going to stop coming at you...Your time is precious. Are you really going to waste it worrying about this stuff? |
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GRIEF |
I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love. |
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GRIEF |
Grief is a healthy emotion, and it's healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of our lives. |
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DEATH |
Death ends a life, not a relationship. |
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There is something about truth that makes it easily recognizable by all who are searching for it with open minds. |
Cookie mogul Wally Amos is fond of quoting the saying, “The mind is like a parachute. It functions best when opened.” When you open your mind to the possibilities, objectively analyze information, and refuse to allow your personal preferences and biases to influence your judgment, you will be able to perceive great truths that have been overlooked by others. A closed mind, though, will cause you to miss out on some of life’s greatest offerings. If you find yourself disputing the facts, or if you keep attempting to revise them to support your beliefs, ask yourself, “Why am I so unwilling to accept this information? Am I being logical, or am I simply allowing my emotions to cloud my judgment?” The worst mistake you may ever make is trying to persuade yourself to accept a false truth. It is inappropriate to try to fool others, but when you fool yourself, disaster is sure to follow. |
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FOCUS |
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. |
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Impossible |
Through some strange and powerful principle of “mental chemistry” which she has never divulged, Nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire “that something” which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure. |
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L2 MOTIVATION |
“Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club -the community of speakers of that language.” |
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L2 MOTIVATION |
“A different language is a different vision of life.” |
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L2 MOTIVATION |
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” |
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L2 MOTIVATION |
“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” |
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L2 MOTIVATION |
“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.” |
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L2 motivation |
I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma. ~Eartha Kitt |
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L2 motivation |
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. ~Willa Cather |
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L2 motivation |
Learn as much as you can while you are young, since life becomes too busy later. ~Dana Stewart Scott |
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L2 motivation |
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way. ~Marvin Minsky |
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L2 motivation |
Creativity |
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L2 motivation |
Learning a foreign language takes time, patience, skills, good study habits and dedication. When studying a second language, constant practice and exposure are key. Listening to, reading, writing and speaking the language reinforce what you learn.It is more productive to study a foreign language regularly for shorter periods of time than it is to study occasionally for longer periods of time because the brain is better able to retain the information when it is not overloaded. It is important to listen and read as much as possible, even when you cannot understand the material, because over time, it will increase your ability to make sense of the language. |
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L2 motivation |
To Better Appreciate Travel Abroad |
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No one can keep you down but yourself. |
Have you ever felt that sometimes you are your own worst enemy? We all have moments when, no matter how hard we try, things just don’t seem to work out right, when everything goes wrong, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. But, just as you may sometimes be your own worst enemy, you can also be your own best friend. The transition usually occurs when you realize that the only person on earth who can determine your failure or success is you yourself. You may discover your best friend when you develop the maturity and strength of character to accept yourself for the person you are and to take the actions necessary to become the person you wish to be. When you analyze yourself objectively, you can begin to build upon your strengths and compensate for your weaknesses. When you do, you will realize that the only person who stands in the way of your success is you. |
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Julia |
A person’s attitude is way more important than their body. Attitude even becomes the body in a lot of ways -- it’s in the way you carry yourself. Arrogance and petty resentment are not a good look. I admire your friend’s resilience - that chin up focus and determination. She is so self-made － against the odds, she overcame systems of oppression to realize her dream. It’s a sign of personal strength that you are following your dream. You need to be grounded in yourself to do that and also have a certain strength —not callous, pigheaded strength so much as the ability to be vulnerable and exposed in front of a lot of people and not shrink away to protect yourself. It’s not exhibitionist, but it’s also not guarded -- it’s translucent. All the more so with acting --your job is to publicly feel things that most people avoid feeling at all costs. A lot of people say the don’t know what they want in life, but in reality they do. They are just simply too afraid to go after it. A lot of guys around this age aren’t used to being checked. Especially not by women. When somebody reacts unfavorably to their self-centered behavior they freak out-- get defensive or just build an extra layer of arrogance and denial. I think it’s very big of you to be civil. You didn’t have to. You walked the line really nicely, taking the high road while still not even remotely being a doormat. |
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ATTITUDE |
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
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ATTITUDE |
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
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ATTITUDE |
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
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ATTITUDE |
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~Theodore Roosevelt |
The power of belief can’t be understated, and this quote is an excellent way to sum up just what a difference it can make. The problem with tough times is that they take a big blow to our belief levels. Once your belief takes a hit it’s hard for anything you try to go right. Start by getting your belief level back up, that should be your first step in getting recharged and ready to go again. Believe that you can’t and you’ll never make it, so start with step one so that you can take a sort of shortcut to where you want to go. Believe you can! |
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“Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” ~Charles R. Swindoll |
Is life tough right now? Can you be open-minded enough to consider that it could be more how you’re reacting to life than what exactly life is throwing at you. Control that reaction and you can play a big part in how life is going. This quote is a pretty popular one, and says that it’s largely up to how you’re reacting to the events that happen in your life. Couple that with other quotes that say you bend and shape your future, and what is really happening is how you’re reacting to the things you’re creating. |
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“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” ~Truman Capote
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If failure has been leaving a bad taste in your mouth, it’s time to turn the tables on how you perceive its flavor. Here he’s saying that failure is the reason why success tastes so good. Success wouldn’t be as gratifying as it is if you didn’t have to overcome some failures on the way there. But you get to savor the flavor of success because you did try, you did fail, you didn’t give up, and you made it to your destination. A handy piece to keep in mind when life isn’t exactly going as you’d planned. |
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“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” ~Bono |
If the world around you seems like it is just the way it is because of the way the world works, this quote shows that it’s not quite as fixed as it looks. You get to bend it and shape it so that it’s looks the way you want it to, but in order to do that you have to deliberately set out to. Rather than let life throw you around, get in the driver’s seat, and as Bono is saying, swing that hammer. The world won’t hammer itself into the shape you want, you have to be the one that provides the inspired action. |
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“Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” ~Samuel Beckett |
Did you know it was possible to fail better? This is a unique quote that shows there are multiple levels of failing. There isn’t just one type of failing, and if you try knowing that you’re probably going to fail, that you expect to fail as a way to get better, the whole game changes. You aren’t afraid of failure, and it isn’t stumbling block. You start measuring your failures to see if you’re failing smarter, better, more efficiently. If you’re failing in the right direction. Eventually these failures lead to success, as they have for so many great thinkers and achievers in human history. |
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“There is no education like adversity.” ~Benjamin Disraeli |
Would you want to play a game against a total novice when you yourself are a professional? No! It would be so boring that you would quickly tire of the game. That’s how it is with life, so adversity should not make you want to stop playing. Adversity is like playing the game with someone that’s just a little better than you are. You can learn from them, hone your skills, and improve your game. It makes playing the game fun and makes you better for it. So if life is throwing you a curveball, learn how to hit curveballs. |
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“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ~Nelson Mandela |
Nelson Mandela shows that when you’re trying to do something amazing it’s going to appear like an impossible task right up until the time it’s completed. That’s how you know you’re working on something worthwhile. It wouldn’t be much fun to do work that you know is possible and easy to complete and just do it again and again. So when life gets tough, and it feels like it’s not going to get any better, just remember that it always seems impossible until you’ve reached your goal. That should help lift you out of any funk and put you on the path towards brighter days. |
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“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson |
So what if everything blew up in your face, at least you were trying something new to see what would happen. Those that stick to what they know and don’t try new things or attempt new goals are living a very limited experience. If things are getting tough it’s likely because you’re venturing into new areas and getting out of your comfort zone. This is a good place to be and will help you get the most out of life. Keep making those experiments. Things might not always be easy going, and you it might sometimes look like a disaster, but on one attempt you’ll get it right. Tinker, tinker. |
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DEFEAT |
If the thing you wish to do is right, and you believe in it, go ahead and do it! Put your dream across, and never mind what “they” say if you meet with temporary defeat, for “they,” perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success. |
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TIME |
“You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future” |
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TIME |
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.” -Jeremy Irons |
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Some people resemble a cheap watch. They are not dependable.
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It would be unrealistic to expect an inexpensive, mass-produced watch to perform with the same degree of accuracy as a finely crafted Rolex. They are not made with the same quality of materials or with the same craftsmanship. Yet we somehow think that we do not need to give the same attention to our most important asset: ourselves. Don’t leave something as important as your character to chance. Choose the character traits you admire, and work to develop them. Don’t be discouraged when you stumble. Building character is a process that takes a lifetime to complete. Fortunately, like anything else, the more you work at character building, the better you become at it. |
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Dependability is the first foundation stone of good character.
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People of character do what they say they will do, when they say they will do it, and according to agreed-upon conditions. They are the leaders, the individuals to whom others turn for guidance, because they have demonstrated that they care, that they can be trusted. If you respect yourself enough to keep commitments even when it’s inconvenient to do so, others will come to respect you too. Dependability, like any other character trait, is a habit. Begin today to develop the dependability habit. If you procrastinate or find it difficult to meet your commitments, start small. Promise yourself that you will be on time, for example, and manage your time so that you are. Soon you will find that it’s easier to keep other commitments as well. |
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Examine most carefully the things you desire most.
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Far too many people spend more time planning their weekends than their lives. Then they suddenly realize that life has passed them by and they weren’t even aware it was happening. When you intently study what you most desire in life, you begin to focus your mind and concentrate your energy upon that which you wish to achieve. One of the great advantages of having a definite goal for your life is that it helps you prioritize your activities. When your major purpose is clear in your mind, it is unnecessary to analyze each individual situation. You know automatically whether your actions will move you toward your goal or away from it. You can then use all of your resources — time, money, and energy — to best advantage. |
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BE YOURSELF |
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde |
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BE YOURSELF |
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. Bertrand Russell |
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BE YOURSELF |
Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are. Beyoncé |
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BE YOURSELF |
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are. Kurt Cobain |
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BEAUTY |
“That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.” ― John Green, Paper Towns |
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BEAUTY |
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.” ― Dorothy Parker |
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BEAUTY |
Mirrors lie, they don't show you what's in the inside. |
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LOVE |
Everyone comes with baggage. Find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack. |
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FRIENDSHIP |
Be careful who you open up to. Only a few people actually care, the rest are just curious. |
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DREAMS INSPIRATION |
If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough. |
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LIFE |
Live a life that matters. |
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Life |
Collect moments, not things. |
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Inspiration |
Every exit is an entry to somewhere else. |
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Impossible |
People with great passion can make the impossible happen. |
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Impossible |
Everything was impossible, until someone did it. |
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Life Time |
Don't go through life, grow through life. |
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Skill |
The expert in anything was once a beginner. |
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Motivation Endurance |
One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don't feel like doing it.
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Motivation Persistance |
I don't stop when I'm tired I stop when I'm done. |
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YOU DO YOU. |
“Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.” ― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for? |
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Impossible is impossible
- Benny Lewis |
Never say never, and especially never say “impossible”. It’s a word people throw around too much; for me impossible is nothing as Adidas say, or I’ll go further and say that impossible is impossible for most situations people use it in. If the laws of Physics don’t prevent you from doing it (clearing your debt, climbing Mouth Everest, learning a language) then it isNOT impossible. If anyone in the history of the world has done it, then you can certainly do it. If they haven’t then what’s stopping you from being the first? Constantly reminding yourself and others about how hard something is and getting down because of that is an inefficient waste of time. It’s like Baz Luhrmann’s sunscreen songsays; “Worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum”. If something’s hard, work through it or skip it and come back to it after you’ve learned something else important for your task, or find a better approach to deal with that hard aspect. Simple as that. Really. This is why I generally skip most grammar and focus on speaking languages from the start (I’ve got a different approach for Thai, that I’ll continue to elaborate on). Once you start speaking it (albeit incorrectly), grammar is more interesting and less intimidating and helps you, rather than hinders you, in speaking a language. When I get response comments listing how “impossibly” hard something I’m trying is, I’m going to simply link to this post in future because that person is focussing on the negative. They are “right”, but unless they are giving me a way around the problem they aren’t helpful so I will simply ignore what they’ve said or pick out the actual “fact” (level of difficulty is pure opinion) and analyze it until I see how easy it can be. From hundreds of conversations, I’m sure that this is one of the most crucial things I’ve picked up over the last 7 years that makes me “different” from the average frustrated learner. But attitude is in your head; you don’t need to pay for an expensive course or travel to the other side of the planet to change it. You need to remind yourself how easy it is until you really believe it. When you come to something “hard”, just repeat your mantra of this is easy over and over again, or do whatever it takes for you to change your negative way of looking at it. With a positive attitude, your project becomes more fun and easier simply because you tell yourself it is and if “empty words” don’t help, find new approaches to learning that language (or achieving any goal) until you find a better method that does indeed make things “easier” for you. Where there’s a will, there’s a way! It’s not that bad, come on! |
