Ahead Of Time Quotes

• The secret of getting ahead is getting started

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

  Martha Graham

  Motivational, Dance, Wisdom

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, New Beginnings

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• There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

  C. S. Lewis

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 06, 2015

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• The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days waiting for better ones ahead.

  Marjorie Pay Hinckley

  Inspiring, Stay Strong, Inspiration

  "Small and Simple Things". Book by Marjorie Pay Hinckley, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2003.

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• What did I discover during my solo—besides learning to unwrap my energy bar ahead of time? That you ask yourself a lot of questions when you're alone on a bike for that long. One question more than others: Why the heck am I doing this? When I was done, I think I had found the answer: For the satisfaction that comes with pushing your body to the breaking point and conquering the unknown.

  Matt Long

  Thinking, Long, Point Break

  Matt Long, Charlie Butler (2010). “The Long Run: A New York City Firefighter's Triumphant Comeback from Crash Victim to Elite Athlete”, p.179, Rodale

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• I am unwilling to accord to some small−minded and jealous individuals the satisfaction of having thwarted my efforts. These men are to me nothing more than microbes of a nasty disease. My project was retarded by laws of nature. The world was not prepared for it. It was too far ahead of time, but the same laws will prevail in the end and make it a triumphal success.

  Nikola Tesla

  Jealous, Men, Law

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• When tending a vast and beautiful garden, you have to plant many seeds, never knowing ahead of time which ones will germinate, which will produce the most glorious flowers, which will bear the sweetest fruit. A good gardener plants them all, tends and nurtures them, and wishes them well. Optimism is the best fertilizer.

  Kevin J. Anderson

  Beautiful, Flower, Garden

  Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart (2012). “Clockwork Angels: The Novel”, p.8, ECW Press

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• Mostly I'm just writing books for the public, and so I try to describe for the public what the choices are, what they might have to expect in the future and so by warning people ahead of time maybe you have an effect.

  Freeman Dyson

  Book, Writing, People

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 5, 2010.

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• Before you leave the house, you need to make up your mind that you’re going to stay positive and enjoy the day no matter what comes your way. You have to decide ahead of time.

  Joel Osteen

  Positive, Uplifting, House

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• Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• We can't cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time.

  Bernard Baruch

  Bridges, Economy, Crosses

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• I am asked to submit a 2-3 page synopsis to my publisher ahead of time, so by the time I begin writing, I have a fair idea of where the story will begin, the main conflicts, and the basic ending point. But that still leaves plenty of room for changes and discovery along the way.

  Julie Klassen

  Writing, Discovery, Ideas

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• It only takes a few minutes in the morning to use gratitude to Have A Magical Day by giving thanks for the events in your day ahead of time, but this one practice alone will change the way your entire day unfolds.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Gratitude, Morning, Practice

  Rhonda Byrne (2012). “THE MAGIC”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• I used to be a big planner and had to have things figured out ahead of time, but I'm learning to love living in the moment. Last night, I called my friend up randomly and said, 'Where are you? I want to come see you!' It's not a new version of me. I'm just embracing it more.

  Lily Collins

  Night, Live In The Moment, Want

  "5 Things You Don't Know About Lily Collins!". www.seventeen.com. July 29, 2013.

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• An irresistible fascination with terrifying death killed me ahead of time.

  Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont

  Fascination, Irresistible

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• I want the plot to be as complicated as possible. Usually I'll write all the way through to an end, and then I go back and try to fix the ending so that it makes sense. I don't think out the plot ahead of time.

  Heidi Julavits

  Writing, Thinking, Trying

  "The Brilliant Complications of Heidi Julavits". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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• I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

  Michael Jackson

  Plans, Follow Up

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.

  John Ortberg

  Humble, Thinking, Self

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• Plan what you are going to wear ahead of time. If you're going to an important dinner, you should always plan what you're going to wear because you don't want to look silly.

  Kate Moss

  Silly, Important, Looks

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• Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable.

  Anne Burrell

  Enjoyable, Organized

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• I try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then you get the movie out there, and we've been hearing good things. But you never know, you don't want to get too high, and you don't want to get too low.

  Denzel Washington

  Thinking, Trying, Want

  Source: deadline.com

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