Meaningful Quotes - Page 39

• Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.

  William Kristol

  Loyalty, Yuppies, Encounters

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• Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow.

  Tony Robbins

  Moving, Goal, Focus

  Tony Robbins (2007). “Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

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• Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• As you become multi-sensory, you begin to see yourself as a soul first and a personality second. You begin to experience yourself as more than a body and more than a mind. and the circumstances around you as meaningful and designed for your spiritual growth.

  Gary Zukav

  Spiritual, Experience Yourself, Personality

  Gary Zukav (2012). “Soul to Soul: Communications From the Heart”, p.223, Simon and Schuster

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• I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

  Earl Weaver

  Sports, Winning, Games

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• I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial.

  Paul Hawken

  Important, Succeed, Failing

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• If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Crush, Work, Men

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• The folks who go after grand challenges are impatient. They're pissed off. They're sick and tired, but in a passionate way. They're driven by a fire in their bellies to make a difference.

  Peter Diamandis

  Tired, Differences, Fire

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• A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which.

  François-René de Chateaubriand

  Art, Play, Mind

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• We are the only species on this planet without full employment.

  Paul Hawken

  Employment, Planets, Species

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• Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

  Hakuin Ekaku

  Knowing, Truth Is, Far Away

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• If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?

  Seth Godin

  Choices, Tomorrow, Ifs

  Seth Godin (2012). “Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.20, Penguin

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• What did you do as a child that made that hours pass like minutes? [Herein lies the key to your earthy pursuits.]

  Carl Jung

  Children, Lying, Keys

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• The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.

  Laozi

  Wise, Men, Learning Something New

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• Today is an opportunity to do something positive. Today is your chance to add new value to your life and to your world. Make the commitment to fill this day with meaningful richness and purposeful effort. This is your day to live, so do so with vigor and enthusiasm.

  Ralph Marston

  Commitment, Opportunity, Effort

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• The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Battle, Individual, Characteristics

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• No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.

  Seneca the Younger

  Wind, Roots, Tree

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• The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Thinking, Hands

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• You too can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aim and destination.

  W. Clement Stone

  Motivational, Target, Want

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• A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.

  William James

  Motivational, Perseverance, Men

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• True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you can't seek it any more than you seek the air you breathe. It is a part of life to be found within living. ... All pursuit of happiness is based upon the false assumption that there is a way to possess it; you may as well try to grab a handful of breeze! Happiness is the natural expression of a stress-free life, just as sunlight naturally warms the Earth after dark clouds appear.

  Guy Finley

  Stress, Dark, Pursuit Of Happiness

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• Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"

  Guy Finley

  Hurt, Asking Yourself Why, Want

  FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Jul 16, 2016

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• Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"

  Guy Finley

  Fog, Confusion, Asking

  Guy Finley (2010). “The Secret of Letting Go”, p.104, Llewellyn Worldwide

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• The world is in trouble. Many have prayed. God sent help. God sent you.

  Marianne Williamson

  God, World, Helping

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Aug 05, 2011

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• This life is what you make it. Not matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Regret, Mistake, Matter

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