John Spence Quotes

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• If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself. That's like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn't eat him.

  John Spence

  Life Changing, Thinking, World

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• Learn to appreciate the things you have before time forces you appreciate the things you once had.

  John Spence

  Life Changing, Thinking, Appreciate

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• At the end of the day - the long day of your life - as people stand around your grave no one will talk about how big your house was, or how many cars you owned, or your boat or plane... they will only talk about ONE thing and ONE thing ONLY: LOVE! How much you loved them and how much they loved you. So the goal then is to live a life of love. That is all.

  John Spence

  Thinking, Goal, Car

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• Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.

  John Spence

  Thinking, Looks, Faces

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• No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.

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  Life Changing, Fighting, Thinking

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• When values are clear, decisions are easy.

  John Spence

  Thinking, Decision, Easy

  John Spence (2014). “Letters to a CEO”, p.110, Diversion Books

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• Until you can see, and admit, that YOU are the problem... You will be unable to realize that YOU must be the solution.

  John Spence

  Thinking, Problem, Realizing

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• While you're busy looking for the perfect person, you'll probably miss the imperfect person who could make you perfectly happy.

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  Life Changing, Thinking, Imperfect Person

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• When you have to start compromising yourself and your morals for the people around you, it's probably time to change the people around you.

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  Life Changing, Thinking, People

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• Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset.

  John Spence

  Life Changing, Thinking, Upset

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• If a person wants to be a part of your life, they will make an obvious effort to do so. Think twice before reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.

  John Spence

  Heart, Thinking, Space

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• Someone else doesn't have to be wrong for you to be right.

  John Spence

  Thinking

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• Remember: everyone you meet is fighting a mighty battle. Be kind. Be understanding.

  John Spence

  Fighting, Thinking, Understanding

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• Learn to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving you.

  John Spence

  Love You, Thinking, Ideas

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• Be happy. Be yourself. If others don't like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn't about pleasing everybody.

  John Spence

  Being Yourself, Life Changing, Thinking

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• When someone tells you, "You've changed," it might simply be because you've stopped living your life their way.

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  Life Changing, Thinking, Live Your Life

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• Don't think of cost. Think of value.

  John Spence

  Life Changing, Thinking, Creating Value

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• Making one person smile can change the world - maybe not the whole world, but their world.

  John Spence

  Thinking, World, Persons

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• Successful people willingly do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Successful

  John Spence (2011). “Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action (Large Print 16pt)”, p.205, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.

  John Spence

  Strong Women, Hippie, Thinking

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• Being alone does not mean you are lonely, and being lonely does not mean you are alone.

  John Spence

  Lonely, Life Changing, Being Alone

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• We are the producers of our own thinking. Thought is not something that happens to us, but something that we do to ourselves.

  John Spence

  Thinking, Producers, Happens

  John Spence (2014). “Strategies for Success: The Keys to Success in College, Career and Life”, p.81, Diversion Books

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• Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.

  John Spence

  Distance, Thinking, Needs

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• Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.

  John Spence

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Life Changing

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• Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you.

  John Spence

  Best Friend, Single, Good Friend

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