Both reading and writing are experiences – lifelong – in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to be brought to mind and heart within the presence, the power, of the imagination.

Eudora Welty

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Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.
-Brian Tracy
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People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.
–Zig Ziglar
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First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
–Aristotle
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The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself–the invisible battles inside all of us–that’s where it’s at.
–Jesse Owens
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. 

Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl  
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There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.
 —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
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We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.

Veronica Roth.

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Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.
—Dory, Finding Nemo
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Someone, at some point, came up with this very bad idea that an ordinary individual couldn’t make a difference in the world. I think that’s just a horrible thing. 
—John Skoll
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For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation—the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing—is essential for high levels of creativity. 
-Daniel H. Pink, Drive
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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.

Alexandre Dumas, The count of Monte Cristo

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If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
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I’ve learned about the poetry and the wisdom and the grace that can be found in the words of people all around us when we simply take the time to listen. 
—Dave Isay
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