Motivation

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Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
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No dreamer is ever to small;
no dream is ever to big.
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Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
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Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
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God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we can hear twice as much as we say.
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When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.
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There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
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A strong man and a waterfall always channel their own path.
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Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
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If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
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After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
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You haven't failed 'til you quit trying.
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ATTITUDE DETERMINES ALTITUDE!
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Two men looked out from prison bars,
One saw mud, the other stars.
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If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
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My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Abraham Lincoln

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
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If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
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Your dips an falls do not confound me,
half as much as your heights astound me.
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Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.
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The heights by great men reached and kept
were not obtained by sudden flight.
But they, while their companions slept,
were toiling upward in the night.
Thomas S. Monson

Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
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Pep without purpose is piffle.
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Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
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There are no traffic jams in the second mile.
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Plan more than you can do, then do it.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Hitch your wagon to a star,
keep your seat, and there you are.
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Where one door closes, another opens.
Don Quijote'

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't.
Thomas S. Monson

Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
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Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes.
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A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
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When someone says, 'That's a good question.' You can be sure it's a lot better than the answer you're going to get.
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Yes, it may be true but what it doesn't rain but what it pours. But thank God it never pours but what it stops.
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One recipe for a longer life; Never exceed the speed limit.
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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin Franklin

There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.
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A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
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He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
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Experience is a wonderful thing, it enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
Auldous Huxley

There are times when a man should be content with what he has, but never with what he is.
William George Jordan

There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendall Holmes

It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
Paul H. Dunn

You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Paul H. Dunn

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely,
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The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
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It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
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There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
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The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
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The biggest room in the world, is the room for improvement.
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The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
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The person who's not fired with enthusiasm, usually gets fired otherwise.
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Two thirds of promotion is motion.
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Many people have the right aim in life, but never get around to pulling the trigger.
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Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
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When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.
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We all leave footprints in the sand, the question is, will we be a big heal, or a great soul.
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The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.
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You may be the only standard work somebody ever reads.
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Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport the world has ever known.
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The Lord doesn't ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your
capability.
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Sow a thought, reap an act;
sow an act, reap a habit;
sow a habit, reap a character;
sow a character, reap an eternal destiny.
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God is our father, Man is our brother, and life is a mission, not a career.
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Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill

Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, 'what happened?'
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God's payment is the best payment.
Ezra Taft Benson

Don't fear, just live right.
Neal A. Maxwell

We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
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The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
J.Richard Clarke

The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Levell Edwards

Nothing else but love can ever permanently motivate.
Robert L. Backman