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“The grass is greener where you water it.” — Neil Barringham

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Albert Einstein
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

ALBERT EINSTEIN

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“If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, but never the goal.”

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“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”

JOHN MAXWELL

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“Take your dreams seriously.”

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Anaïs Nin

“You cannot save people, you can just love them.”

ANAÏS NIN

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Henry David Thoreau

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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“A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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Estee Lauder

“I never dream of success. I worked for it.”

ESTEE LAUDER

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Earl Nightingale
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”

EARL NIGHTINGALE

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<i>“Numbing the pain for a whi...

“Numbing the pain for a while will only make it worse when you finally feel it.”  Albus Dumbledore

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Rosa Nouchette Carey
“Do it with passion, or not at all.”

ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY

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“You will succeed because most people are lazy.”

SHAHIR ZAG

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Seth Godin

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”

SETH GODIN

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Andrew Hendrixson

“Anyone who has ever made anything of importance was disciplined.”

ANDREW HENDRIXSON

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Albert Einstein
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.”

ALBERT EINSTEIN

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Howard Ruff

“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.”

HOWARD RUFF

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Coco Chanel

“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”

COCO CHANEL

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Robin Sharma

“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.”

ROBIN SHARMA

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Billie Jean King

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

BILLIE JEAN KING

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Seth Godin
"If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” 

SETH GODIN

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“Avoiding failure is to avoid progress.”

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”

BRIAN TRACY

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Thich Nhat Hanh

“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.”

THICH NHAT HANH

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Grace Coddington

“Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you.”

GRACE CODDINGTON

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Thomas Edison

“Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.”

THOMAS EDISON

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“Never apologize for having high standards. People who really want to be in your life will rise up to meet them.”

ZIAD K. ABDELNOU

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Mahatma Gandhi

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

MAHATMA GANDHI

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“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

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