"There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson."

Robbins, Anthony on passion   

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do."

Gibran, Kahlil on dream
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"If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?"

Thoreau, Henry David on desire
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"What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, changes one frame of mind and for the moment realizes itself."

Jamieson, Mrs. on goals   

"Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it."

Swindoll, Charles on attitude
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"You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee."

Holcomb, John H. on action
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"Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts. OR It's not what the world holds for you it's what you bring to it"

Gables, Anne Of Green on life
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"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -- and melting like a snowflake."

Ray, Marie Beyon on action
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"You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully."

Robbins, Anthony on choice
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"Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world."

A Course In Miracles on change
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"This instant is the only time there is."

A Course In Miracles on present
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"Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk."

Howe, Edgar Watson on truth   

"A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life's mountaintop experiences. Only in losing himself does he find himself. Only then does he discover all the latent strengths he never knew he had and which otherwise would have remained dormant."

Nixon, Richard M. on causes
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"I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive."

Wade, Virginia on potential
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"Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken."

Card, Orson Scott on words
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Twain, Mark on action
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"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows."

Landon, Michael on action
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