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Winston Churchill on success

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Recommended reading: The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.

Posted on May 22, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Benjamin Franklin on action

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Recommended reading: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

Posted on May 21, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Friedrich Nietzsche on valor

I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom.

Recommended reading: Beyond Good and Evil.

Posted on May 20, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Carl Jung on choice

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Recommended reading: Man and His Symbols.

Posted on May 19, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Ayn Rand on happiness

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

Recommended reading: Atlas Shrugged.

Posted on May 18, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Winston Churchill on courage

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Recommended reading: The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History.

Posted on May 17, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Abraham Lincoln on determination

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Recommended reading: Lincoln.

Posted on May 16, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Dan Millman on faith

Faith is the courage to live your life as if everything that happens does so for your highest good and learning. Like it or not.

Recommended reading: The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World.

Posted on May 15, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Margaret Thatcher on success

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

Recommended reading: Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography.

Posted on May 14, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment
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Parker Palmer on imperfection

Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.

Recommended reading: A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life.

Posted on May 13, 2015March 3, 2015 by Peduti Posted in Quotations Leave a comment

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