Getting Through Life Quotes

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Life, Change

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

Mary Engelbreit

Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

Life, Motivational, Success

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.41, Prabhat Prakashan

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Quoted in Francis Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1866)

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Love, Inspirational, Life

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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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If you think you can't, you're right.

Carol Bartz

Inspirational, Positive, Smart

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

"Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids" by Joseph A. Michelli, (p. 88), 1998.

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The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

Audrey Hepburn

Life, Happiness, Happy

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Set up a life you don't need to escape from.

Seth Godin

Inspirational, Work, Needs

Seth Godin (2008). “Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us”, p.101, Penguin

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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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.

Steve Jobs

Love, Inspirational, Life

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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I hope you live a life you're proud of...

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Short Life, Tough Times, Proud

"Fictional character: Benjamin Button". "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", 2008.

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And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

J. K. Rowling

Inspirational, Life, Change

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.38, Hachette UK

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An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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People will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

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You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

Steve Jobs

Success, Trust, Karma

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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