Wisdom

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Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Les Brown

People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely.

Les Brown

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.

Teddy Roosevelt

Numbing the pain for a while will only make it worse when you finally feel it

Numbing the pain for a while will only make it worse when you finally feel it.

Albus Dumbledore

A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there

A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.

Author Unknown

Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life

Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.

Robin Sharma

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Coco Chanel

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. 

Booker T. Washington

If you are living for the weekend you are already dead

If you are living for the weekend you are already dead. 

Bill Masur

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Jack Kerouac

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. 

George Clooney

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. 

Steve Jobs

The great man creates

The mediocre man consumes. The ordinary man seeks. The great man creates. The superior man does the right thing. 

Maxime Lagacé

You have to be willing to look like an idiot

You have to be willing to look like an idiot in the short term to look like a genius in the long term. 

Shane Parrish

Don’t feel entitled

Don’t feel entitled to anything you didn’t sweat and struggle for. 

Marian Wright Edelman

If you are living for the weekend you are already dead.

If you are living for the weekend you are already dead.

Bill Masur

You will never reach your destination if…

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Winston Churchill

Great things are not accomplished by…

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Jack Kerouac

A person is the product of their dreams.

So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.

Maya Angelou

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.

George Clooney

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money.

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

Steve Jobs

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

Roy T. Bennett

The great man creates.

The mediocre man consumes. The ordinary man seeks. The great man creates. The superior man does the right thing.

Maxime Lagacé

The desire to reach hearts is wise

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

Maya Angelou

The pessimist sees difficulty In

The pessimist sees difficulty In every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill