#the one thing lloyd wants is to have an easy relaxed life surrounded by the people he loves

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if i think too long about the ending making lloyd leave the home he worked so hard to save behind along with the new found family he sacrificed his life for so he can move to a place he has no emotional connection to where he only knows two people (one of which is actually following him from the aforementioned home) in order to make him get a standard "have a wife and children" 'happy' ending i start wanting to bite people not gonna lie

[yuki7900archive]

Random Drabble : Spinjitzu

Random oneshot including my FC, Mei-Lin! I’ve deliberately left things out about her as I am eventually going to write a story for her, and putting those things here would just spoil it.

I hope you enjoy the oneshot :)

On occasions, Lloyd would go off and wander around Ninjago city's central park. During the night time was usually when he'd be found there, or rather wouldn't, as most people would be either be asleep or inside. Some nights the boy wouldn't be able to sleep, being kept up with his thoughts and memories. Despite him and his father having now formed a new bond, that didn't change the past, it didn't change who he was or who his father was. His dad was still an evil warlord and he was still the green ninja. One destroyed, the other protected.

The attacks Garmadon made were less frequent now, only usually coming over to Ninjago to spend time with his son. He wanted to make up for the time he had missed due to the circumstances. As much as Lloyd was happy to finally spend time with his dad, as all he wanted was for his dad to pay attention to him, he couldn't help but be reminded of the time before then. The time where his father ignored his existence, didn't care about him. When he was hated by everybody simply because of the name he had. All the bullying and the torment, all the pain and loneliness. It all still felt so real in his head, even though it wasn't even really the case anymore. He'd never forgotten every whisper, every taunt, every insult scribbled on his locker. They were all permanent in his head.

When those nights came by he wouldn't sleep. He couldn't. So he'd simply leave those things behind in his room and go someplace else. That place was the park. He liked the park. It was calm, it was quiet, he could be left alone. It was the perfect place for him to be when he felt down. That night was no different.

He'd snuck out of his house, taking the five-minute tram ride from his house to the park and jumping off just outside the park entrance. The metal gate stood tall, a message written on the archway saying "park" for all those who wouldn't know. Who wouldn't know it's a park though?No one had seen him walk along the pathway, letting his surroundings be engulfed with trees and bushes and flowers. He walked along for a few minutes until he came across a specific tree, one with a small engravement in the bark. The mark was a very rough and un-even circle (or more rectangle), having been cut with a penknife. Upon approaching said tree he left the gravel pathway behind, walking along the grass and heading deeper into the trees. It was a lot darker off the path, the tree branches and their leaves only allowing minimal light through to the ground to illuminate it's own spotty, make-shift course. He used it as his guide, seeing as he wasn't able to see much else. Pretty soon he came to his little secret area. His sanctuary, if you will.

It was a small gap in the trees, a circle where the land indented a bit, and a pond sat on the other side of the circle. There was a tree looming over the pond, watching over it. The leaves hung down and were basically a shield so he could remain hidden in the dark, or if it rained and he needed shelter. There were a few flower patches dotted here and there. They were all small and dainty, easy to trod on if he wasn't careful.

With a sigh he relaxed his muscles and slowly looked around at his oasis, a smile spreading on his face as his mind blanked completely. The moon and stars shone down on him from the night sky above as he took in this environment. It was so different to the city. It was slow, and peaceful, and tidy too. He loved this place so much. He was so happy he'd found it.

He sat himself down by the pond, looking at the reflection in the water. His golden locks tumbled over one side of his face, hiding one of his emerald green eyes from sight. He just sat and stared at the water for a while, occasionally dipping his hand in and feeling the cold water pool around his fingertips. The water tickled his skin in an odd way, but it wasn't bad.

He took his hand out of the water, placing it down on the grass next to him. He released a deep breath and closed his eyes. He didn't allow his mind to wander, he kept everything silent. He listened to the air, and took in the sounds of the leaves rustling around him. He felt the grass brushing against the palms of his hands and suddenly that feeling was there. That weird feeling he couldn't quite explain. It started at his hand and traveled up through his body, coursing through all of him and spreading to his heart. This feeling was calm, yet brimming with energy. He could feel it wrapping around him, entrancing him and making him feel safe. Hopeful, even. It was a nice feeling, a wonderful one.

He slowly stood up, releasing the grass in his hands and raising them to his chest. A few moments later he began, slow and steady. He built up his movements, not rushing through them. He twisted his body and glided his hands through the air carefully, remembering the steps of Spinjitzu that his uncle had taught him and his friends over and over. He gradually began to pick up the pace as he let go of it all, ignored the world's outer shell and absorbing what was flowing through its inner shell instead. The very core of the earth was flowing through him and it felt like he was being given the biggest hug he'd ever received (well, next to Kai's). He felt safe, he felt happy, he felt free. He also felt a slightly stronger source of energy coming from behind him. He smiled to himself, halting with his motions with his hands out in front of him.

"I know you're there Mei." He heard her jump down from a tree branch, crunching the grass beneath her as she landed.

"Guess I wasn't quiet enough." She seemed chirpy as she approached him.

"I thought you were asleep." The boy turned to face his friend, seeing that she was still in her pajamas, but had shoved on her favourite purple hoodie to keep warm.

"Nope." The light brown haired teenager shook her head. "I was wide awake."

"Is that why you followed me? You couldn't sleep?" Again, she shook her head.

Nah, I just..." The girl shrugged. "You seemed sad. And I was also kinda curious to see where you were going at—" She pulled out her phone, the screen illuminating her freckled skin as she checked the time. "—2AM."

Lloyd nodded and shrugged as she looked up at him, putting her phone back in her pocket. That was fair enough. Why would Lloyd need to be out at two in the morning? Why would he want to be out at that time?

"I just needed to get away for a bit, ya' know?" Mei-Lin placed her hands behind her back and looked to the side.

"Yeah, I know." Her eyes seemed to glaze over as memories clouded her vision. Lloyd knew what she was thinking of and he couldn't help but frown. She didn't like talking about her past. Lloyd knew simply because she'd told him. She only really seemed to trust him. No one else. Not even Master Wu, who knew about it anyway (that dude knew everything, it was nuts).

The girl lifted her head up, a sigh leaving her lips and her pupils coming back into focus. She began taking everything in, slowly twisting her body around as she took the chance to look at the place. "Nice secret you've got here, come here a lot?"

"Eh," The blonde put his hand out and shook it a little. "Kinda. I mean, I used to come here a lot but...life's been good at the moment."

"True. It's definitely a lot better." The freckled-faced girl finished her 360-degree spin and was now grinning at her friend. He smiled back, finding it contagious. "So. What do ya' get up to when you're here?"

"It's kinda hard to explain..." Lloyd scratched the back of his head and turned away, now facing the water in the pond that was in front of him. His reflection stood alone momentarily before another came into view beside him. She waited expectantly, not forcing him to answer but still wanting him to. The boy blew the fringe out of his eyes, not that it worked, and tried his best to put the feeling into words.

"Okay, so..." He sighed. "Ya' know how I'm the Green Ninja, the ninja of life?" She blinked and nodded her head. Crossing her arms she sat down on the floor, Lloyd joining her. His hands reached for the water again, his fingers causing a ripple as they were dragged along the surface. Mei watched him mess around with a curious expression before sticking her hand in too. She drew back a little upon realizing how cold the water actually was, making her friend chuckle and smirk.

"And, you know I have no elemental powers?"

"Yeah?" Her tone was one of slight confusion, wondering why these linked to anything he was about to say.

"Well...Even though I don't have powers I can still like...feel life." The brunette looked at him, an arched eyebrow and eyes half shut as she tried to understand what he meant.

"Feel life?" She said in puzzlement.

"Yeah. Like..." The boy stood up off the ground and looked up at the sky. "I can feel life flowing through me." Mei-Lin didn't look like she understood fully what he meant. Not as in she didn't get what he was saying, more how it were possible to feel life. He wasn't too sure how either, but all he knew was that he could feel the energy of everything. If he focused hard enough, that is.

"I don't really know how else to put it." Mei-Lin shrugged.

"That's okay. I think I get what you mean." She stood up and looked up at the sky with him. "But, why do the Spinjitzu? Does it enhance it?"

"Yeah. And it's actually kinda relaxing to do." He glanced to the side to peer at Mei-Lin. She was staring upward still, watching the stars. She had hummed in response, not taking her eyes away from the scene above her. She was lost in her own thoughts again, Lloyd wasn't sure why though. Had he said something? He didn't think so. Maybe it was the night sky? Another past memory of hers? One he didn't know? He wouldn't be surprised if she had kept something from him, as she wasn't the most open person. Sure, she'd talked to him about things that bothered her, but he could tell when there were things she wanted to keep to herself. This could be one of these times. Or perhaps he was just over thinking things.

"I don't know Spinjitzu yet." She'd blurted out randomly, making the boy jump a little.

"You don't?"

"No. Wu says I will learn in time, but..." Her voice trailed off as she sighed. "He says that about a lot of things." The blonde boy chuckled.

"Yeah, my uncle has a tendency to be cryptic. But trust me, he knows what he's doing, just means you gotta be patient."

"I'm not saying I'm impatient, I can wait, it's just hard not to wonder sometimes." The girl let her head tilt down to the ground as she shook her head and sighed yet again. "Sorry, does that make sense?"

"It does, don't worry." The conversation stops for a while, both of them having sat back down to lie on the grass and continue looking upward, forgetting their worries. It gave Lloyd a chance to think to himself as Mei hummed a little tune. He probably shouldn't do it, Wu might get mad at him if he found out. He was waiting for the right time, Mei-Lin had told him this. But as far as he was aware she was more than ready to know. She had no elemental like him...at least they weren't aware of any elemental she may have. Wu hadn't said anything about it but it could very well be true. But...if he taught her Spinjtizu then Wu would only have himself to blame for not saying anything to them about her possible elemental powers, yes?

"Hey." His friend stopped humming and turned her face to look at his. "Get up." Lloyd grinned at her as he got up on his feet, his hands on his hips as he looked down at her. She didn't respond at first, not until the boy held out a hand to her and pulled her up off of her back and onto her feet.

"Okay," He took a hold of her arms and positioned them in front of her. "I'm gonna do this slowly so follow my lead. Tell me if you get lost." He stood in front of her, the same position she was in. He took a deep breath before slowly reciting the steps out loud as he did them. Mei-Lin only stood at the beginning, until she realized what it was Lloyd was doing and her face lit up. She watched his movements carefully and tried to copy them as best she could. She got stuck at a few points as she struggled to remember the order in which to do things, but soon she had the hang of it and Lloyd tried to let her do it on her own. He kept his eye out for any missteps or incorrect hand gestures, at the same time telling her when she was doing good so she didn't wonder.

"This feels really weird to do." She'd laughed as she kept her pace up.

"Yeah it will do, but you'll get used to it. Besides at least the others aren't here watching, right? I had to do it in front of everyone."

"It's not the doing it in front of people that bugs me, it's more just that it feels so odd. It looks like I'm just flailing my arms around." Lloyd snorted and smirked as he crossed his arms.

"We can stop if you want-"

"No!" She cried out, momentarily faltering. "No, let's keep going." The green ninja laughed at his friend. For a few more minutes he watched until she seemingly had the whole thing memorized. She wasn't making mistakes, having any blips, she seemed to be fine. Eventually, he found that her movements were more fluid and relaxed, her demeanor calmer than it usually was. She was letting herself go. It was rare to see her feeling chilled out. Even when she was having fun and hanging out with friends she didn't seem as relaxed as she was at that moment. The last time he'd seen her like this was when he'd woken up in the night and went to get a drink, and found her and his mom on the sofa. They had been talking, Koko cuddling her like she was her own daughter and Mei clinging to her like she was her birth mother. That was quite some time ago now, but Lloyd recalled the look on her face. It made him happy that she was calm. He'd snuck back to his room, not wanting to ruin the moment.

"I think you've got the hang of it now." The brunette stopped.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Wanna keep doing it, or head back home?" She didn't say a word, instead grabbing his arms and pulling him closer. She then latched onto his body and moved him to the right of her. Her hands moved back to the start position and she took a deep breath, closing her eyes and starting Spinjitzu all over again. The boy didn't say anything back either, he simply copied her and the two were in sync.

Life came flowing back into his veins, the feeling overtaking his systems yet again and making him feel at peace with everything. Nothing mattered. Nothing at all. This time he also felt a strong source of life coming from beside him, it was strong and more powerful than it had been before. It felt great, knowing that that was his friend, and that for the first time in a while, she was doing okay.

She was genuinely okay.

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Travelers come here to enjoy the famous red rocks.

Hundreds of hiking trails and Jeep tours will lead you to some fantastic vistas, while a trip to Red Rock State Park will fully immerse you in crimson. But there is more to Sedona than to geology; Enjoy the history of the town by visiting the Palatki Heritage. And for a glimpse of the area's New Age culture, stop in at one of the many crystal-toting shops or art galleries at the Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village (many of these stores also provide maps for notorious whirlwinds).

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1. Hiking Trails

The area boasts more than 100 different trails, each offering its own unique experience. Most lead into the red rocks, giving brave explorers valuable photos of postcards. Visitors are fascinated with the many Sedona trails, but the most popular one is the Cathedral Rock Trail, which starts about 4 miles south of the "Y" intersection.

Although this is not the easiest trip, this road offers a great view of one of Sedona's most notable red rock formations. Recent visitors said the effort is definitely worth the point. For a less strenuous journey that still promises Cathedral Rock, try Airport Mesa Loop, an easy route near Sedona Airport.

Other common hiking trails include Bell Rock Road, Devil's Bridge, Boynton Gorge, and Palatki Ruins, home to a number of ancient Native American relics and cave paintings.

2. Jeep Tours

If your feet need a break from all hiking, but you don't have the stunning views of Sedona yet, book a jeep tour. A popular activity for Sedona visitors, these tours are usually led by a guide and vary by theme or activity level.

For example, the Ancient Ruins Tour offered by Pink Jeep Tours is very popular for history lovers because it visits a Honanki Heritage site, among other highlights. Meanwhile, the Soldiers Pass Trail offered by Red Rock Western Jeep Tours is a hit with those looking for a break from the crowds as it traverses a trail rarely used by other commercial groups.

If you want to get behind the wheel yourself, some companies, such as Barlow Adventures, allow you to rent a jeep and explore the surrounding red rocks independently (with some driving tips and maps). The trail is provided before driving).

3. The Vortexes

Sedona visitors often hear about tornadoes - energy vortices coming directly from the earth that can be felt by those present. These tornadoes are represented by unique rock formations thought to generate energy.

Although all Sedona is thought to be a whirlwind, there are four main cyclones in the city, each emitting its own energy. The vortices are classified as "feminine" (energy entering the earth) or "masculine" (energy leaving the earth).

The Airport Vortex, along Route 89A just west of the intersection of routes 89A and 179 (the "Y") is said to produce masculine energy, strengthening one's self-confidence and motivation.

Meanwhile, Rock Rock Cathedral near Red Rock State Park promotes feminine aspects such as kindness, patience, and compassion. Boynton Canyon Vortex, northwest of the "Y" along Dry Creek Road, offers a balance between masculine and feminine energy.

And Bell Rock Vortex, south of "Y" along Route 179, offers a combination of all three: masculine, feminine and balanced. Many recent visitors cannot speak enough about the beauty of Bell Rock, but there are also many smaller, more subtle whirlpools found throughout the area.

4. Red Rock Scenic Byway

The 7.5-mile-long Red Rock View Road, starting after you exit the road off Interstate 17, has a lot to see and do. In fact, it's often referred to as a "museum without walls." Highlights include sightseeing, hiking, biking and even golfing.

There are also two tornadoes to check out, Bell Rock and Cathedral Rock in the Village of Oak Creek (also known as the Big Park). The village also includes restaurants, galleries, and other shops to visit. Coconino National Forest is another popular stop, with many stunning views.

You can stop by the Red Rock District Visitor Center to select a map and get advice on trails and other activities in the area. Recent byway visitors gush about how beautiful the scenery is and can't recommend it enough.

Others warn that you may get distracted by the gorgeous scenery, so plan to make use of the many lookout points to safely admire the byway.

5. Chapel of the Holy Cross

If you only have time for a cultural venue, the Chapel of the Cross will be it. This magnificent church was designed by Marguerite Brunswig Staude who was a student of architect Frank Lloyd Wright) in the 1950s, protrudes from the red cliff less than 4 miles south of " Y "Sedona's intersection.

The main stained glass window is held by a huge cross and overlooks the Verde Valley. While many visitors have recently been raving about breathtaking views, most say the site's peaceful atmosphere is the central reason to stop.

Reviewers also warned of limited parking and heavy midday crowds - plan a morning visit for a quieter experience. Others say that it makes a nice stop along the Red Rock Scenic Byway (the chapel is located at the northern end of the highway).

6. Red Rock State Park

Although Sedona is surrounded by towering red rock formations, many recent visitors recommend a trip to the official Red Rock State Park specifically to see Cathedral Rock – one of Arizona's most famous landmarks.

This 286-acre nature preserve – located about 10 miles southwest of the "Y" (the intersection of routes 89A and 179) along Oak Creek – boasts great views of Sedona's more famous formations.

The park offers a 5-mile trail network that is composed of interconnecting looped trails. The Eagle's Nest Loop leads to the highest point in the park with an elevation gain of 300 feet. Stop in at the visitor center to learn about the area's history, guided nature walks, and moonlit hikes.

Reviewers raved about the natural beauty of the park and many go as far as saying it is their favorite place in all of Sedona. The park is famous for people of all ages because hiking trails vary in difficulty and length; It even offers Junior Ranger for children aged 6 to 12 years old.

7. Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village

When you need to take a break on the trails, exchange those hiking shoes for something more appealing and head to the Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village (pronounced Tel-AH-ki-PAH- ki).

Located at the intersection of 89A and 179 routes, this sizable outdoor shopping mall is designed in the style of a traditional Mexican village. The complex was built on a former sycamore forest and is specially cared for to maintain existing trees.

As a result, many structures of the village were built around theaters, paving the way for interesting architecture and forgiving shade. The stucco walls include a lot of art galleries. New Age stores sell modern art and glassware, and restaurants, while cobblestone streets and mosaic fountains bring a gourd. ancient atmosphere charm.

Many tourists recommend spending a few hours surfing the Tlaquepaque and checking out local handmade jewelry, food, music, and especially art. Though many felt the wares sold here were too high-priced, reviewers still suggested a visit for the restaurants and architecture.

8. Verde Valley Wine Trail

When it comes to the land of wine, Arizona often doesn't come to mind. But the Verde Valley near Sedona provides a dry climate and access to water where grapes need to thrive. If you are a vino fan, consider taking a day to follow the Verde Valley Wine Trail;

This self-guided tour takes you to some of the area's most famous wineries, including Alcantara Vineyard, Trang Springs Wine Cellar, Oak Creek Vineyard, and Javelina Leap Vineyard, as well as several rooms. taste. Most stops allow you to tour the grounds and sample locally made wine.

Recent followers have praised the vineyards for their beautiful atmosphere and varied choices. You can download a passport on the trail's website, which once you get it stamped, allows you to earn special offers and prizes.

9. Sedona Spas

It should come as no surprise that this city of spiritual healing has no shortage of spas. You'll find basic massages and salt scrubs, but many Sedona spas also add some local accents to their treatments.

For example, Mii Amo Spa at Enchantment Resort offers a special package infused with Sedona clay, along with Native American-inspired therapies. For a New Age experience, A Spa For You helps balance your chakra by introducing polarizing gemstones to its deep-tissue massages.

Sedona's recent travelers have also proposed Sedona's New Day Spa and Inner Journey because of the soothing atmosphere and various treatments. Customers claim to have left feeling nothing short of relaxed and rejuvenated.

Before deciding on your treatment, you should note that some resort spas only offer treatments for hotel guests, so it's a good idea to call ahead and check. Hours and prices vary depending on the facility and the desired treatment. For more information, visit the spa page of the Sedona Tourism Board website.

10. Palatki Heritage Site

For a glimpse of what life was like in the red rocks between A.D. 1150 and 1350, drive to the Palatki Heritage. These ancient cliff houses were once home to the Hopi tribe and are now one of the largest cave houses in the area.

The hieroglyphs that cover the walls of the site impress many visitors. Recent visitors also praised the information staff and enthusiasm. There are three hiking trails at Palatki Heritage Area - one that takes you directly to houses on Sinagua cliffs, one that leads you to a view of the housing and another to hieroglyphs.

Each of these roads is about 1/4 of a way in size and are all recommended by travelers.

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If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn Click To Tweet

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It’s easier to explain price than to apologize for quality forever. - Zig Ziglar Click To Tweet

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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments. - Henry Ward Beecher Click To Tweet

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Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln Click To Tweet

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Fortune favors the bold. - Virgil Click To Tweet

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Value the relationship more than the quota. - Jeff Gitomer Click To Tweet

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No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days. - Max Planck Click To Tweet

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The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture. - Alfred Hitchcock Click To Tweet

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The ambitious are criticized by those that have given up. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you. - Bette Midler Click To Tweet

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I’m finding that success is way more time-consuming than failure ever was. - Emma Donoghue Click To Tweet

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Freedom is not something you buy, but something you earn. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire. - Mason Cooley Click To Tweet

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Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. - Vanessa Redgrave Click To Tweet

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The great person is one who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

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The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? - Larry Flynt Click To Tweet

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The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness. - John C. Maxwell Click To Tweet

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Practice like you’ve never won. Perform like you’ve never lost. - Bernard F. Asuncion Click To Tweet

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To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little. - Mason Cooley Click To Tweet

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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter F. Drucker Click To Tweet

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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. - Jonathan Kozol Click To Tweet

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He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much. - Elbert Hubbard Click To Tweet

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The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. - Jonas Salk Click To Tweet

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The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. - Bruce Feirstein Click To Tweet

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There is little success where there is little laughter. - Andrew Carnegie Click To Tweet

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Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. - Ben Jonson Click To Tweet

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The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. - Erich Fromm Click To Tweet

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Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own. - Michelle Obama Click To Tweet

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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it. - Oprah Winfrey Click To Tweet

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Success is the most important to many, to me it’s just a bonus. - Lucas Grabeel Click To Tweet

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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. - Lily Tomlin Click To Tweet

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Everything I’ve ever done was out of fear of being mediocre. - Chet Atkins Click To Tweet

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Success isn’t always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life. - Allan Houston Click To Tweet

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Sometimes success comes in ways you don’t expect. - Ben Barnes Click To Tweet

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Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters. - Eminem Click To Tweet

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I don’t just want to be successful I want to have fun. - Julie Brown Click To Tweet

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I’m not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work. - Bridget Moynahan Click To Tweet

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Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. - William M. Winans Click To Tweet

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People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning. - Kobe Bryant Click To Tweet

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I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. - Frank Lloyd Wright Click To Tweet

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Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. - Bernadette Devlin Click To Tweet

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Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. - Earl Nightingale Click To Tweet

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Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. - W. Clement Stone Click To Tweet

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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. - Orison Swett Marden Click To Tweet

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Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. - William Saroyan Click To Tweet

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The world doesn’t always give what you want, but it often gives you what you need. - Naval Ravikant Click To Tweet

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It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. - Havelock Ellis Click To Tweet

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A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. - Bo Bennett Click To Tweet

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Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. - Dale Carnegie Click To Tweet

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If you try a bunch of things, you often learn more from failure than success. - Elon Musk Click To Tweet

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I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure. - Jean Kerr Click To Tweet

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A master salesman is master of others because he is master of himself. - Napolean Hill Click To Tweet

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Go the extra mile, there`s no one on it. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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80% of success is showing up. - Woody Allen Click To Tweet

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Failure is success in progress. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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90% of your plans are going to fail no matter what you do. Get used to it. - Mark Manson Click To Tweet

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The people who succeed are irrationally passionate about something. - Naval Ravikant Click To Tweet

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I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. - Herbert Swope Click To Tweet

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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. - George S. Patton Click To Tweet

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You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. - Thomas Wolfe Click To Tweet

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. - Herman Melville Click To Tweet

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The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is. - Ben Stein Click To Tweet

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To be able to look back upon one’s life in satisfaction is to live twice. - Kahlil Gibran Click To Tweet

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I don’t dwell on success. Maybe that’s one reason I’m successful. - Calvin Klein Click To Tweet

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Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. - Don Marquis Click To Tweet

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A minute’s success pays the failure of years. - Robert Browning Click To Tweet

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Be content to act, and leave the talking to others. - Baltasar Click To Tweet

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Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures. - Sam Walton Click To Tweet

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Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill Click To Tweet

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Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it. - Salvador Dali Click To Tweet

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Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. - Vince Lombardi Click To Tweet

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The path to success is to take massive, determined action. - Tony Robbins Click To Tweet

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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert F. Kennedy Click To Tweet

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I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan Click To Tweet

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There are no gains without pains. - Benjamin Franklin Click To Tweet

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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson Click To Tweet

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. - Abraham Lincoln Click To Tweet

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. - Alexander Graham Bell Click To Tweet

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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose. - Bill Gates Click To Tweet

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. - Amelia Earhart Click To Tweet

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You sleep like you’re rich, I’m up like I’m broke. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. - Maya Angelou Click To Tweet

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau Click To Tweet

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Action is the foundational key to all success. - Pablo Picasso Click To Tweet

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Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right. - Henry Ford Click To Tweet

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If you’re going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill Click To Tweet

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Believe you can and you’re halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt Click To Tweet

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To succeed, we must first believe that we can. - Michael Korda Click To Tweet

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Treat people like a millionaire and they`ll spend money with you like a millionaire. - Pedro Campos Click To Tweet

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Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. - Charles Swindall Click To Tweet

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Measure your success according to fun and creativity. - Anita Roddick Click To Tweet

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Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will - Gandhi Click To Tweet

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You sleep on a win and you’ll wake up with a loss. - Conor McGregor Click To Tweet

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Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. - Muhammad Ali Click To Tweet

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When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts. - Bo Bennett Click To Tweet

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Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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To be great is to be misunderstood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

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Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Click To Tweet

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The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. - Napoleon Hill Click To Tweet

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Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. - Jillian Michaels Click To Tweet

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There’s a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success. - Paul Bryant Click To Tweet

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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. - Jim Ryun Click To Tweet

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Success is dependent on effort. - Sophocles Click To Tweet

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There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. - Roger Staubach Click To Tweet

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When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. - Nelson Mandela Click To Tweet

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It does not matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop. - Confucius Click To Tweet

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Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. - Louis L’Amour Click To Tweet

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Unless you puke, faint, or die, keep going. - Jillian Michaels Click To Tweet

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The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do and then do it. - Henry Ford Click To Tweet

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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. - Thomas Jefferson Click To Tweet

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You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance. - Lou Holtz Click To Tweet

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Don’t just make money, make a difference. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. - James A. Froude Click To Tweet

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Do not be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. - John D. Rockefeller Click To Tweet

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I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings. - Margaret Mead Click To Tweet

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Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John R. Wooden Click To Tweet

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The most successful men, in the end, are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. - Alexander Graham Bell Click To Tweet

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I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance? - Jill Konrath Click To Tweet

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Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. - Arnold Schwarzenegger Click To Tweet

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. - Christopher Morley Click To Tweet

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Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. - Arnold H. Glasow Click To Tweet

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Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive. - Andy Grove Click To Tweet

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The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. - Ayn Rand Click To Tweet

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When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. - John Ruskin Click To Tweet

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If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn Click To Tweet

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Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success. - William J. H. Boetcker Click To Tweet

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Those who are successful overcome their fears and take action. Those who aren’t submit to their fears and live with regrets. - Jay-Z Click To Tweet

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Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. - Soichiro Honda Click To Tweet

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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments. - Henry Ward Beecher Click To Tweet

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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. - Brian Tracy Click To Tweet

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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. - Oscar Wilde Click To Tweet

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Success is falling nine times and getting up ten. - Jon Bon Jovi Click To Tweet

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Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. - Bill Bradley Click To Tweet

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Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. Get up early, work late and strike oil. - Joey Adams Click To Tweet

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Why be a king, when you can be a god? - Eminem Click To Tweet

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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. - Benjamin Disraeli Click To Tweet

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Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. - Earl Wilson Click To Tweet

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The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. - Ayn Rand Click To Tweet

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Keep your sales pipeline full by prospecting continuously. Always have more people to see than you have time. - Brian Tracy Click To Tweet

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The best revenge is massive success. - Frank Sinatra Click To Tweet

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We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. - George S. Patton Click To Tweet

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Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. - Naveen Jain Click To Tweet

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If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren’t doing enough asking. - Jack Canfield Click To Tweet

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True leaders don’t invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. - Myles Munroe Click To Tweet

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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. - G.K. Chesterton Click To Tweet

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Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. - Helen Keller Click To Tweet

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The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse. - John D. Rockefeller Click To Tweet

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The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way. - Les Brown Click To Tweet

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - Thomas Edison Click To Tweet

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You wanna know what scares people? Success. - Nicki Minaj Click To Tweet

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Tough times never last, but tough people do. - Robert Schuller Click To Tweet

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Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. - Morihei Ueshiba Click To Tweet

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If you get offered a seat on a rocket ship don’t ask what seat! Just get on. - Sheryl Sandberg Click To Tweet

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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. - Arthur Ashe Click To Tweet

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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. - Barack Obama Click To Tweet

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It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop. - Confucius Click To Tweet

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I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse. - Florence Nightingale Click To Tweet

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Success is always less funny than failure. - Jon Ronson Click To Tweet

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If I tell you I’m good, probably you will say I’m boasting. But if I tell you I’m not good, you’ll know I’m lying. - Bruce Lee Click To Tweet

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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. - John D. Rockefeller Click To Tweet

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The only workout you’ll regret is the one that didn’t happen. - Bob Harper Click To Tweet

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The successful people are the ones who can think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. - Don Marquis Click To Tweet

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What you have done is nothing compared to what you can do. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. - Tony Robbins Click To Tweet

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Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. - Shah Rukh Khan Click To Tweet

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If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time. - Zig Ziglar Click To Tweet

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The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. - Mark Caine Click To Tweet

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. - William James Click To Tweet

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Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. - John Wooden Click To Tweet

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Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman- not the attitude of the prospect. - W. Clement Stone Click To Tweet

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A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team. - Vivek Wadhwa Click To Tweet

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Begin always expecting good things to happen. - Tom Hopkins Click To Tweet

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Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. - Dwayne Johnson Click To Tweet

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The questions you ask are more important than the things you could ever say. - Tom Freese Click To Tweet

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Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas A. Edison Click To Tweet

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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. - Thomas Paine Click To Tweet

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The real secret of success is enthusiasm. - Walter Chrysler Click To Tweet

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Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. - Thomas J. Watson Jr. Click To Tweet

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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. - Henry Ford Click To Tweet

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Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. - Sam Levenson Click To Tweet

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Success is not in never failing, but rising every time you fall. - Jonathan Taylor Thomas Click To Tweet

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Sales success comes after you stretch yourself past your limits on a daily basis. - Omar Periu Click To Tweet

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He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much. - Elbert Hubbard Click To Tweet

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Always do your best. Whatever you plant now, you will harvest later. - Og Mandino Click To Tweet

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Your greatness is limited only by the investments you make in yourself. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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It’s not about having the right opportunities. It’s about handling the opportunities right. - Mark Hunter Click To Tweet

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. - Mark Twain Click To Tweet

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Successful people have libraries. The rest have big screen TVs. - Jim Rohn Click To Tweet

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Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. - Bobby Unser Click To Tweet

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Change before you have to. - Jack Welch Click To Tweet

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People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others’ definitions of success. - Tony Levin Click To Tweet

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Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. - George Addair Click To Tweet

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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. - George S. Patton Click To Tweet

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There is always room at the top. - Daniel Webster Click To Tweet

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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. - Benjamin Franklin Click To Tweet

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I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. - Florence Nightengale Click To Tweet

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Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. - Dale Turner Click To Tweet

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Motivation will always beat mere talent. - Norman Ralph Augustine Click To Tweet

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A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. - Joyce Brothers Click To Tweet

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Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. - Vince Lombard Click To Tweet

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill Click To Tweet

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Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission. - Zig Ziglar Click To Tweet

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Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success. - Shiv Khera Click To Tweet

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A goal is a dream with a deadline. - Napolean Hill Click To Tweet

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The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. - Tony Robbins Click To Tweet

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It ain’t over ‘til it’s over. - Yoggi Berra Click To Tweet

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No is going to come to your house and make your dreams come true. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Trying is winning in the moment. - Dan Waldschmidt Click To Tweet

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. - Colin Powell Click To Tweet

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Success is never final. Failure is never fats. It is courage that counts. - Winston Churchill Click To Tweet

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It’s how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. - Charlotte Whitton Click To Tweet

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt Click To Tweet

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Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets. - Arnold Schwarzenegger Click To Tweet

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High expectations are the key to everything. - Sam Walton Click To Tweet

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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. - Swami Sivananda Click To Tweet

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Approach every situation with a whatever it takes mindset. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. - Oscar Wilde Click To Tweet

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If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all? - Joe Namath Click To Tweet

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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. - George Bernard Shaw Click To Tweet

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The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer. - John Madden Click To Tweet

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The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion. - Tommy Hilfiger Click To Tweet

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You can’t beat the person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth Click To Tweet

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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. - Theodore Roosevelt Click To Tweet

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The key to mastering any kind of sales is switching statements about you to statements about them. - Jeffrey Gitomer Click To Tweet

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There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success. - Heather Bresch Click To Tweet

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There is no such thing as a no-sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. - Ben Affleck Click To Tweet

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If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way. - Roy T. Bennett Click To Tweet

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The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. - Bruce Lee Click To Tweet

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Every brand isn’t for everybody, and everybody isn’t for every brand. - Liz Lange Click To Tweet

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The secret of our success is that we never, never give up. - Wilma Mankiller Click To Tweet

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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi Click To Tweet

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Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. - C. S. Lewis Click To Tweet

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Life’s battles don’t always go to the strongest or fastest. - Richard Bach Click To Tweet

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Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. - David Frost Click To Tweet

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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. - Beverly Sills Click To Tweet

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Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow. - Helen Keller Click To Tweet

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I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism. - Sylvester Stallone Click To Tweet

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Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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You don’t close a sale; you open a relationship if you want to build a long-term successful enterprise. - Patricia Fripp Click To Tweet

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You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi Click To Tweet

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The true success is the person who invented himself. - Al Goldstein Click To Tweet

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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

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Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill Click To Tweet

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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. - Lao Tzu Click To Tweet

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Some men see things as they are and ask why…I dream of things that never were and ask why not? - Robert Kennedy Click To Tweet

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Imagination is the beginning of creation. - George Bernard Shaw Click To Tweet

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The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance. - Sun Yat-sen Click To Tweet

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Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. - Leo Burnett Click To Tweet

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The best sales questions have your expertise wrapped into them. - Jill Konrath Click To Tweet

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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. - Søren Kierkegaard Click To Tweet

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If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. - Henry Longfellow Click To Tweet

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Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up. - Pablo Picasso Click To Tweet

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Try not to become a person of success, but try to become a person of value. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. - St. Augustine Click To Tweet

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Today is always the most productive day of your week. - Mark Hunter Click To Tweet

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The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself. - Napoleon Hill Click To Tweet

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I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. - Nathan Hale Click To Tweet

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If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. - Milton Berle Click To Tweet

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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand. - Kurt Vonnegut Click To Tweet

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Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but without it, you don’t have a chance. - Alex Rodriguez Click To Tweet

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Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. - Robern Frost Click To Tweet

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If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success. - Malcolm X Click To Tweet

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To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. - David Viscott Click To Tweet

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Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. - Sarah Breathnach Click To Tweet

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The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything. - Frank Sinatra Click To Tweet

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Integrity is what we do, what we say and what we say we do. - Don Galer Click To Tweet

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde Click To Tweet

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If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. - Joyce Brothers Click To Tweet

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We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle Click To Tweet

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Excellence is not a skill. It’s an attitude. - Ralph Marston Click To Tweet

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Success is your duty, obligation and responsibility. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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I’m in the studio 24 hours a day. It’s true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. - Sean Combs Click To Tweet

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In order to write about life first you must live it. - Ernest Hemingway Click To Tweet

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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. - Benjamin Franklin Click To Tweet

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The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. - Henry Ford Click To Tweet

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No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. - Ramana Maharshi Click To Tweet

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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw Click To Tweet

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Make a customer, not a sale. - Katherine Barchetti Click To Tweet

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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. - Bil Keane Click To Tweet

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A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do. - Bob Dylan Click To Tweet

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Whenever you have taken up work in hand, you must see it to the finish. - Dada Vaswani Click To Tweet

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The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. - Ayn Rand Click To Tweet

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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. - Ann Landers Click To Tweet

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If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. - Eleanor Roosevelt Click To Tweet

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Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. - Conrad Hilton Click To Tweet

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill Click To Tweet

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Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching. - George Van Valkenburg Click To Tweet

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You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated. - Maya Angelou Click To Tweet

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All your dreams await just on the other side of your fears. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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The No. 1 reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. - Napoleon Hill Click To Tweet

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If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. - Thomas Edison Click To Tweet

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Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. - David Rockefeller Click To Tweet

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Success is 99 percent failure. - Soichiro Honda Click To Tweet

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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

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If you’re not taking care of your customer, your competitor will. - Bob Hooey Click To Tweet

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Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. - Babe Ruth Click To Tweet

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Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication. - Michael Diamond Click To Tweet

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A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. - Jim Morrison Click To Tweet

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The most effective salespeople know that listening is the most important part of their job. - Roy Bartell Click To Tweet

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Success is just a war of attrition. - Dax Shepard Click To Tweet

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The most important thing is being passionate about what you’re doing and always give it. - Charlie White Click To Tweet

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Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas A. Edison Click To Tweet

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The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph! - Marvin Phillips Click To Tweet

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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. - Pablo Picasso Click To Tweet

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You’ve got to work hard for your success and you’ve got to have a steady presence. That’s the secret. - Kid Rock Click To Tweet

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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Click To Tweet

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It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. - Warren Buffet Click To Tweet

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure… but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. - Francis Chan Click To Tweet

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Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. - Norman Vincent Peale Click To Tweet

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Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine Click To Tweet

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Success is not forever and failure isn’t fatal. - Don Shula Click To Tweet

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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. - Theodore Roosevelt Click To Tweet

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I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough when they are on the very brink of success. - Joyce Meyer Click To Tweet

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. - John F. Kennedy Click To Tweet

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. - Anais Nin Click To Tweet

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20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. - Mark Twain Click To Tweet

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My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day. - Johnny Carson Click To Tweet

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Get busy living or get busy dying. - Stephen King Click To Tweet

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Great things are done by a series of small things done together. - Vincent van Gogh Click To Tweet

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Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. - Sam Ewing Click To Tweet

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I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still, it took me by surprise. - Jessica Savitch Click To Tweet

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Integrity is the essence of everything successful. - R. Buckminster Fuller Click To Tweet

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Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. - Pablo Picasso Click To Tweet

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Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. - Martha Stewart Click To Tweet

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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success. - Eddie Cantor Click To Tweet

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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. - Wayne Dyer Click To Tweet

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The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life, mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. - Julius Erving Click To Tweet

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Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. - Lydia Child Click To Tweet

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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life. - John D. Rockefeller Click To Tweet

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. - Steve Jobs Click To Tweet

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The secret of success is sincerity. - Jean Giraudoux Click To Tweet

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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. - Oliver Goldsmith Click To Tweet

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Rich people get paid before they do the work, poor people get paid afterwards. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. - Charles Buxton Click To Tweet

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The average call me obsessed, the successful call me for advice. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. - Benjamin Disraeli Click To Tweet

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Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. - W. Clement Stone Click To Tweet

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The secret to having it all is knowing you already do. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. - Albert Schweitzer Click To Tweet

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Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. - Bill Bradley Click To Tweet

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You'll never outperform your internal self-image. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. - Arnold H. Glasow Click To Tweet

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Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. - Arnold Schwarzenegger Click To Tweet

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The secret of success is constancy of purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli Click To Tweet

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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. - Oscar Wilde Click To Tweet

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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion. - Major Taylor Click To Tweet

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Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. - Virat Kohli Click To Tweet

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You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do. - Henry Ford Click To Tweet

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Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. - Paul J. Meyer Click To Tweet

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The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vidal Sassoon Click To Tweet

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Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. - John Wooden Click To Tweet

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You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. - Wayne Gretzky Click To Tweet

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Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. - Damien Hirst Click To Tweet

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I failed my way to success. - Thomas Edison Click To Tweet

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True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment. - Dada Vaswani Click To Tweet

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Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin Franklin Click To Tweet

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Neither self nor wealth can be measured in terms of what you consume or own. - Rolf Potts Click To Tweet

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The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows. - Aristotle Onassis Click To Tweet

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Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. - Vaclav Havel Click To Tweet

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. - Mark Twain Click To Tweet

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The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure. - B. C. Forbes Click To Tweet

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There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality. - Tony Robbins Click To Tweet

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Your purpose on any given endeavor is determined by the clarity of your purpose. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it. - Oprah Winfrey Click To Tweet

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Don’t live life in the past lane. - Samantha Ettus Click To Tweet

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Don't be distracted by criticism. - Zig Ziglar Click To Tweet

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. - Helen Keller Click To Tweet

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Edison Click To Tweet

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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. - Mae West Click To Tweet

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In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. - Nikos Kazantzakis Click To Tweet

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. - Anais Nin Click To Tweet

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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that other throw at him. Click To Tweet

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I’m fearless, I don’t complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on. - Sofia Vergara Click To Tweet

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If you can dream it, you can do it. Click To Tweet

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I was smart enough to go through any door that opened. - Joan Rivers Click To Tweet

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Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. - Charles Dickens Click To Tweet

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It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - J.K Rowling Click To Tweet

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Fall seven times and stand up eight. - Japanese Proverb Click To Tweet

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Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. - Sophia Loren Click To Tweet

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. - Voltaire Click To Tweet

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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. - Dale Carnegie Click To Tweet

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If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. - Jim Rohn Click To Tweet

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A successful man is built of 1,000 failures. - Ray Allen Click To Tweet

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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. - Oprah Winfrey Click To Tweet

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A limited offer has unlimited appeal. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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Success seems to be connected with action. - Conrad Hilton Click To Tweet

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The power of imagination makes us infinite. - John Muir Click To Tweet

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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. - Franklin D. Roosevelt Click To Tweet

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Live your life as if all your dreams have come true, and then challenge your reality to catch up. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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The dream crossed twilight between birth and dying. - T. S. Eliot Click To Tweet

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If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. - Steve Jobs Click To Tweet

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The best way out is always through. - Robern Frost Click To Tweet

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Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. - Robert Kiyosaki Click To Tweet

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Ask yourself, what would the best version of myself do? Then do that. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. - Michael John Bobak Click To Tweet

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Geniuses are made, not born. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. - G. K. Chesterton Click To Tweet

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Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. - Winston Churchill Click To Tweet

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Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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If you study failure and avoid those, the chance of you succeeding becomes much higher. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson Click To Tweet

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Opportunities don't happen. You create them. - Chris Grosser Click To Tweet

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. - Henry Thoreau Click To Tweet

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Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

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The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. - Colin R. Davis Click To Tweet

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. - Herman Melville Click To Tweet

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The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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Duplicate the actions and mindsets of successful people and you will create success for yourself. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning. - Diane Ackerman Click To Tweet

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Give the world the best you have, and the best will come to you. - Madeline Bridge Click To Tweet

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Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do. - John Wooden Click To Tweet

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Be silly, be honest, be kind. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

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Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. - Edwin Chapin Click To Tweet

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Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. - Bonnie Blair Click To Tweet

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No-one knows what he can do until he tries. - Publilius Syrus Click To Tweet

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You don’t have to show people how successful you are. - Martin Yan Click To Tweet

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Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs. - Henry Ford Click To Tweet

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When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. - George Carver Click To Tweet

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy Click To Tweet

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Practice isn’t the thing you do once your good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good. - Malcolm Gladwell Click To Tweet

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It is wiser to find out than to suppose. - Mark Twain Click To Tweet

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The expert in anything was once a beginner. - Helen Hayes Click To Tweet

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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. - C.S. Lewis Click To Tweet

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Success doesn’t come to you, you’ve got to go to it. - Marva Collins Click To Tweet

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The wisest mind has something yet to learn. - George Santanaya Click To Tweet

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Success doesn’t come to you, you’ve got to go to it. - Marva Collins Click To Tweet

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Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier Click To Tweet

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The first principle of success is desire – knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. - Robert Collier Click To Tweet

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A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. - Orison Swett Marden Click To Tweet

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Being successful means that you’re working hard and walking your walk every day. - Marlon Wayans Click To Tweet

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I’ve always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came. - Eva Gabor Click To Tweet

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Every thought of yours is a real thing, a force. - Rhonda Byrne Click To Tweet

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A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. - John Ruskin Click To Tweet

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Real riches are the riches possessed inside. - B. C. Forbes Click To Tweet

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Money does not guarantee success. - Jose Mourinho Click To Tweet

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I know so much about fear, it’s scared of me. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. - Pat Riley Click To Tweet

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I believe that people who don’t achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful. - Manuel Puig Click To Tweet

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Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone. - Deepak Chopra Click To Tweet

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People are the key to success or extraordinary success. - Azim Premji Click To Tweet

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I’m very competitive, and my ego couldn’t handle that lack of success. - Gavin DeGraw Click To Tweet

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Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure. - Larry Ellison Click To Tweet

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No matter how successful you are in your career, you must always remember that we are here to live. - Jack Ma Click To Tweet

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The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. - Irving Berlin Click To Tweet

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Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. - Erskine Bowles Click To Tweet

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Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning. - Bill Gates Click To Tweet

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Your ability to learn faster than your competition is your only sustainable competitive advantage. - Arie De Gues Click To Tweet

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Success is when the checks don’t bounce. - Andy Warhol Click To Tweet

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The road to success is always under construction. - Lily Tomlin Click To Tweet

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I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure. - Jean Kerr Click To Tweet

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Despite the successes, you remember the failures, rather lovingly. - Harold Prince Click To Tweet

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Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline. - Graham Greene Click To Tweet

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It’s how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. - Charlotte Whitton Click To Tweet

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A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. - Bo Bennett Click To Tweet

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Whatever you want go all in and dominate, learn it, eat it, sleep it, breath it and believe it. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. - Mike Tyson Click To Tweet

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My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day. - Johnny Carson Click To Tweet

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Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals. - Jim Rohn Click To Tweet

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Through perseverance, many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. - Benjamin Disraeli Click To Tweet

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Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. - Bernadette Devlin Click To Tweet

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I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got. - Walter Cronkite Click To Tweet

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Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. - William Winans Click To Tweet

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Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self-criticism. - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet

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I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success. - Billy Sheehan Click To Tweet

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We reveal our joys and successes, we conceal our pain. - Jesse Jackson Click To Tweet

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I don’t just want to be successful I want to have fun. - Julie Brown Click To Tweet

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Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement. - Ernest Dimnet Click To Tweet

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Never lower your target; increase your actions. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed. - Corita Kent Click To Tweet

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I have had all of the disadvantages required for success. - Larry Ellison Click To Tweet

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Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. - Henry A. Kissinger Click To Tweet

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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period. - Felicity Kendal Click To Tweet

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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. - Benjamin Franklin Click To Tweet

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The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. - Jonas Salk Click To Tweet

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If you don’t do something, you’ll end up being nothing. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. - Walter Scott Click To Tweet

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Average is a failing formula. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters. - Eminem Click To Tweet

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What we dwell on is who we become. - Oprah Winfrey Click To Tweet

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Lean in speak out, have a voice in your organization, and never use the word ‘sorry. - Trish Bertuzzi Click To Tweet

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The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. - John C. Maxwell Click To Tweet

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Fame and success are very different things. - Enya Click To Tweet

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Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Click To Tweet

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Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success. - Rickey Henderson Click To Tweet

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We can be truly successful only at something we’re willing to fail at. - Mark Manson Click To Tweet

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Show up early, treat people with respect and perform at the highest levels till the world can’t deny you. - Grant Cardone Click To Tweet

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Quotes don't work until you do. - Dan Lok Click To Tweet

  Remember, quotes won`t put money in your bank, taking action is. Doesn`t matter how much inspiration you get, at the end of the day, production matters.

Combine your motivation with your skill set and go out there and crush it!

What is your favorite motivational quote out of this list?

Let me know in the comments below.

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SkillSlab.io

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Wisdom Quotes

INC

Quote Ambition

Good Reads

The Cite Site

Awaken The Greatness Within

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10 Keys to Well-Being (Plus Motivational Quotes)

The very interesting Greater Good Science Center at UC-Berkeley has some assertive and scientifically-based ideas on wonderful topics such as well-being, fulfillment, meaning, happiness, flourishing, etc. Along with U-Penn’s Positive Psychology master’s program, these are two powerhouse schools that take the science of optimism, happiness, flourishing, and well-being seriously. It’s neat to see, since at times in the past, topics such as these, or “psi“, or values and virtues such as meaning, goodness, love, and wisdom were not considered suitable subjects for psychological science to research and investigate. In this blog, I discuss ten keys the GGSC, positive psychology, and I suggest for greater fulfillment, joy, contentment, and success.

  Altruism

“Altruism is when we act to promote someone else’s welfare, even at a risk or cost to ourselves. Though some believe that humans are fundamentally self-interested, recent research suggests otherwise: Studies have found that people’s first impulse is to cooperate rather than compete; that toddlers spontaneously help people in need out of a genuine concern for their welfare; and that even non-human primates display altruism,” according to the Greater Good Science Center (GGSC). Altruism is one of the “values of the wise” — values that inspire and attract wise persons (for example, wisdom vs. foolhardiness, and truth vs. wishful thinking). I pair it with kindness and magnanimity, creating a mighty triumvirate of loving instinct.

A few quotations about altruistic behavior, self-sacrifice, love, and goodness:

“If you truly want to live up to the ideals our forefathers had in mind, if you sincerely care to embody the spirit of Jesus, Buddha, or Mohammed, stop hating and start loving. Love even when you don’t really feel it, even when you think you’re faking it. Soon, you won’t be faking it anymore, and you’ll be a better parent, a better friend, a better American, a better person.” ~ Alan Colmes

“Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man’s survival.” ~ Carlos P. Romulo

“There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.” ~ Albert Einstein

“The lover of mankind strengthens men, for he himself wishes to be strengthened; he helps men toward success, for he himself wishes to achieve success.” ~ Confucius

  Awe

“Awe is the feeling we get in the presence of something vast that challenges our understanding of the world, like looking up at millions of stars in the night sky or marveling at the birth of a child. When people feel awe, they may use other words to describe the experience, such as wonder, amazement, surprise, or transcendence.

The most common sources of awe are other people and nature, but awe can be elicited by many other experiences as well, such as music, art or architecture, religious experiences, the supernatural, or even one’s own accomplishments,” the GGSC notes. I think of it as wonder; as vision; as radical creative thinking. Mindfulness and gratitude are aligned with seeing the world with awe. These special experiences fire our synapses and engender a greater sense of well-being.

A few quotations about Awe:

“The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting — a wayside sacrament.  Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ~ William Butler Yeats

  Find the Good Side of Things, People & Changes

Ever heard an old person either say “Kids today!” or “Damn liberals!” or hear a young person absolutely demonize or denigrate an individual with whom they don’t agree (or, as in Dana Carvey’s impression of “grumpy old man“, just be sour and mad at the world)?

As can be gleaned from this Q&A with the engaging researcher Robert Sapolsky, political differences is a major issue nowadays — much more so than in the past. It divides us in homes, in communities, and in the United States. Add money to the mix and it’s political gamesmanship and subterfuge writ large.

But seeing differences between the self and the other is often not healthy. Tribalism, Sapolsky notes, is oh-so-easy. He says: “The easiest symbols that we grab on to in deciding if someone is an “us” or a “them” are visceral ones. Being disgusted by someone’s personal behavior—the way “they” do stuff—is a much easier entrée to hating them than disagreeing with their views on the trade deficit. Primates are hard-wired for us/them dichotomies. Our brains detect them in less than 100 milliseconds. Our views about things are driven by implicit (unconscious) processes.”

Gosh, that leaves one with a negative feeling. As Sapolsky puts it: “It’s depressing as hell.” That it is.

Here are some quotations to increase well-being by seeing commonalities, others’ perspectives, and being forgiving and humble – basically, optimism and positive thinking before judging:

“We spend so much time talking and judging what we think we know. . . We need to ask more questions and spend more time listening. Really listening, not just waiting for our turn to talk or be thinking the whole time how we are right and they are wrong. We also need to shift our mindset and see things from other people’s perspectives. Really appreciate and respect their perspective, not just be thinking how our’s is morally superior. We need to give more than we get in all interactions with others. Live to serve and to help make a difference in other’s lives. In short, leave this life better than we found it.” ~ Robert L. Lloyd

“All too often, visions of virtue or decency have been invoked to brand as immoral and dangerous anyone who is different. Such aggressive moral dogmatism — which, it is worth stressing, can occur on both the political right and left — is one of the greatest enemies of human dignity.” ~ Elizabeth Kiss

“Judging others takes a great deal of energy and, without exception, pulls you away from where you want to be.” ~ Richard Carlson

  Mindfulness

The GGSC has this to say about this slightly-elusive value: “Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens.

Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to think or feel in a given moment. When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune into what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.”

Once you get your head around it, practices that lead to greater mindfulness — including but not limited to meditation — you can benefit from the positive effects on the human brain. Here is what my old friend Laurent Grenier, an author who found some interesting ways of dealing with his quadrapalegia, counsels:

“If you lead a happy life, of which you may be to some degree unmindful, never let a day pass without reflecting on the life of misery you could be leading instead. Imagine having lost everything and everyone you love. You will be happier for the realization that you are spared this misery.” Hard to do, but good advice. A good movie can help, I think.

Here are some quotes on this fascinating skill that will surely lead to greater relaxation, health, and well-being (and who knows, perhaps happiness and success):

“Practicing mindfulness over time reveals and develops the qualities of wisdom and compassion, the twin virtues of the discipline. Wisdom means seeing clearly into the fundamental nature of reality. Through meditative practice, we can deeply recognize the eternal arising and passing away of all phenomena and see the unsatisfactory quality of ordinary human experience that derives from the illusion of the self as an entity separate from the rest of reality.” ~ Mark W. Muesse

“Each moment of the year has its own beauty, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Research has suggested that in a few short weeks, mindfulness meditation practice can bring about physiological, psychological, and social benefits in our lives. From increases in gray matter in the brain to alleviating physical ailments such as migraines and fibromyalgia, the benefits of mindfulness and meditation practice more generally have been touted for everyone ranging from executives to schoolchildren.” ~ Hooria Jazaieri

  Compassion

Next among values and phenomena that can lead to more well-being in the lives of aware individuals is this “suffering together.” Compassion is a deep empathy, a lovingness, a true caring. “While empathy refers more generally to our ability to take the perspective of and feel the emotions of another person, compassion is when those feelings and thoughts include the desire to help. Altruism, in turn, is the kind, selfless behavior often prompted by feelings of compassion, though one can feel compassion without acting on it, and altruism isn’t always motivated by compassion,” the GGSC points out.

As usual, when trying to figure out exactly what a particular value or virtue really means, I look to a wide array of diverse quotations to elucidate the concept. That is what Values of the Wise is all about.

Quotations about compassion:

“With compassion, we see benevolently our own human condition and the condition of our fellow beings. We drop prejudice. We withhold judgment.” ~ Christina Baldwin

“The Good Samaritan story illustrates altruism. Filled with compassion, he is motivated to give a stranger time, energy, and money while expecting neither repayment nor appreciation.” ~ David G. Myers and Jean M. Twenge

“We humans have the capacity to change the world with acts of love and kindness. Let’s start by teaching our children the importance of compassion.” ~ Goldie Hawn

  Industriousness

A Buddhist proverb counsels, “If we are facing the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” You may have also heard the oft-quoted, “Idle hands [or an idle mind] are the devil’s workshop.” If you’ve ever watched/read “Little House on the Prairie,” you know how deeply-ingrained hard work, discipline, industriousness, and persistence are in the American ethos. We work too hard now, considering how much of a cut of the profit workers receive, and considering that famous economist John Kenneth Galbraith predicted in the 1940s or 1950s that by 2000, we should be working less than twenty hours a week due to the awesome increase in technological capacity.

Well, a short workweek may not have come to pass, and America may be one of the hardest-working, most sober/religious of nations, but it still is a virtue — and one that can lead to well-being, contentment, and prosperity. Once one gets to about $75,000, happiness levels out, but up to that point, it is hard to be happy in the modern world if one is deprived, poor, or otherwise harried.

Industry vs. inferiority is a key milestone in human psychological development according to prominent developmental psychologist, Erik Erikson. As Lumenlearning.com points out, “During the elementary school stage (ages 6–12), children face the task of industry vs. inferiority. Children begin to compare themselves with their peers to see how they measure up. They either develop a sense of pride and accomplishment in their schoolwork, sports, social activities, and family life, or they feel inferior and inadequate because they feel that they don’t measure up. If children do not learn to get along with others or have negative experiences at home or with peers, an inferiority complex might develop into adolescence and adulthood.”

My sister is exemplary of effort and striving. She is actively a daughter, wife, mother of three, business owner, and reads and shares information passionately. She really gets a charge out of this lifestyle, and productivity is the result. I admire someone who finds one or more avocations and pursues them indefatigably — even in the absence of pay or a mandate. Indeed, as the quintessentially-American proverb has it, “People may get more tired by standing still than going on.”

Here are a few quotations about industriousness, effort, productivity, and dedication:

“Americans have shifted away from an energetic, purpose-driven, higher-order pursuit of value, and are instead moving toward security, insulationism, materialism and minimum-commitment thinking. Rather than building upon our history of sacrificial innovation and difficult labor, regardless of immediate or tangible personal benefits, many Americans are seizing our economic prosperity as an opportunity to slack off and opt for personal leisure, [and] short-sighted consumerism….” ~ Joseph Sunde

“Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.”~ Voltaire

“No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith

  Empathy

Yet another key to well-being is empathy. The GGSC indicates that “[e]mpathy seems to have deep roots in our brains and bodies, and in our evolutionary history. Elementary forms of empathy have been observed in our primate relatives, in dogs, and even in rats. Empathy has been associated with two different pathways in the brain, and scientists have speculated that some aspects of empathy can be traced to mirror neurons, cells in the brain that fire when we observe someone else perform an action in much the same way that they would fire if we performed that action ourselves.”

Take David Brooks’ advice and don’t confuse empathy with rationality: “People without social emotions like empathy are not objective decision-makers. They are sociopaths who sometimes end up on death row.”

Here are three unique perspectives on empathy from three disparate individuals:

“Don’t judge anyone harshly until you have been through his experiences.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“To separate egoistic distress reduction from empathy-based altruism, Daniel Batson’s research group conducted studies that aroused empathy. Then the researchers noted whether the aroused people would reduce their own distress by escaping the situation or whether they would go out of their way to aid the person. The results were consistent: with their empathy aroused, people usually helped.” ~ David G. Myers and Jean M. Twenge

“Wealthy Christians talk about the poor but have no friends who are poor. So they merely speculate on the reasons for their condition, often placing the blame on the poor themselves.” ~ Jim Wallis

  Forgiveness

This beautiful and difficult virtue is one of humanity’s highest levels of achievement. Well-being is inextricably tied to the emotional grudges one holds, I’m afraid (I say that because I feel justice more easily than I feel forgiveness). But, it’s true. It’s tied to psychological well-being, heart health, and optimism. In fact, hostility and it’s ugly little brother cortisol is/are one of the main psychological predictors of heart disease!

Berkeley’s GGSC has this to say: “Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness. Just as important as defining what forgiveness is, though, is understanding what forgiveness is not. Experts who study or teach forgiveness make clear that when you forgive, you do not gloss over or deny the seriousness of an offense against you.”

Alan Scott puts this virtue in this light: “I think there is a human condition where many people assume that if we forgive others for the wrongs they do to us (or those close to us) that we are, in a sense, letting them off the hook when perhaps they should be punished. The offender gets to go on their merry way through life, while we are still suffering because of their actions. I almost felt like if I forgave someone, then I was condoning the wrong that they did! Not so. Forgiveness is a necessity for us, not vengeance. God is the true judge, not us.”

I may not see it as a God thing, but I do see the psychological research point to the benefits of forgiveness when it comes to mental health and a flourishing life.

“You hold too much anger inside. It poisons you. Do you want to carry so much pain into your next life? …You must forgive. You must let go of your pain. You must let go of your anger.” Those are the wise words of the Chinese healer who tries to get Michael Keaton’s knotted-up and angry guy character to relax before his cancer kills him. It’s a fascinating scene in a fascinating movie called My Life.

Here are some quotations about forgiveness as a virtue:

“The greater you are, the more you must practice humility.” ~ Ben Sira

“So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument, a misunderstanding, the way we were raised, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us — believing that this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.” ~ Richard Carlson

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn’t take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving. ~ Robert Frost

  Generosity

If there is one important thing my mom has taught me through deed and words, it is generosity. She gives, gives, gives. This doesn’t mean that she is a saint, but it does mean that she gets a great feeling from what she perceives as one of her true callings: to make a positive difference in others, in society, and in the world. She puts her money where her mouth is, as it were. I have seen a very compelling correlation in her between happiness and generosity. It’s a thing:

As Amanda L. Chan points out in this article, “Giving of yourself — whether it be your time, energy or money — isn’t just a boon to those you’re helping. A wealth of research shows that generosity can also have benefits for the giver, ranging from a better outlook at your job, to more years of life.” So give of yourself — your time, your money, your energy, your advice. Mentorship, volunteering, and charity are true ways to greater happiness, well-being, and meaning in life.

Don’t feel bad if you get a charge out of helping others and giving of yourself. That is how the brain evolved — we find certain things rewarding, such as food, sex, competition, and helping behavior. Feel good if you help another person; you deserve it! You could have ignored their need. The warm glow of givingness is something to cherish, not spurn.

Three other succinct quotes about generosity:

“One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.” ~ Ann Radcliffe

“I’ve never known any human being, high or humble, who ever regretted, when nearing life’s end, having done kindly deeds. But I have known more than one millionaire who became haunted by the realization that they had led selfish lives.” ~ B. C. Forbes

“To do good without ulterior motive is a generous and almost divine thing in itself.” ~ Francesco Guicciardini

  Social Integration

Last, but certainly not least, social integration. Social interaction, social relatedness, inclusion, relationships – whatever you want to call it. It’s good. I should know; I have been terribly lonely and felt like a bit of an odd bird in some significant periods of my life. For a while there, I was on Prozac, living alone, doing my thesis on suicide, smoking marijuana, and wondering if life was worth living. Needless to say, I saw more of my therapist than I did women on dates. I just wasn’t in the zone, and my mental issues led to my social isolation, and my social isolation fed my mental issues. I sort of felt inferior to others; unliked; and yet superior to most others. It was quite a quandary.

Science is clear on this topic: human beings are social creatures, and though we do need some individuality and alone time, the feeling that we are alone, different, unworthy is only pernicious. It can lead to suicide, substance abuse, studying philosophy (!), and depression. Anomie is a unique version of this that has been described for some time in sociology. Yes, pets are good and helpful!

Yes, I am now married and even recently bit the bullet and started attending the local Unitarian Church! I have pets I am very fond of, I write every day, take classes, and exercise and fish oil!

On this page, Juliana Breines asks whether some social ties are better than others when it comes to contributing to well-being. She writes: “There’s no question that the digital age has changed the way we relate to one another, sometimes to our detriment, as MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle has argued in her book Alone Together. Though many of us can count Facebook friends into the thousands, research suggests that loneliness is rampant in the United States—we have fewer close friends than we did a generation ago—and takes a severe toll on our health.”

Here are some quotes about social connectedness as related to well-being. The Wisdom Archive holds other quotes about social relatedness, integration, affiliation, and connectedness, and is searchable for free.

“To the extent that we can characterize evolution as designing our modern brains, this is what our brains were wired for: reaching out to and interacting with others.” ~ Matthew Lieberman

“Social situations do profoundly influence individuals. But individuals also influence social situations. The two interact. Asking whether external situations or inner dispositions determine behavior is like asking whether length or width determine a room’s area.” ~ David G. Meyers and Jean M. Twenge

“Humans are a profoundly social species; our drive to connect with others is embedded in our biology and evolutionary history. It begins at birth, in our relationship with our caregiver—and the effects of this relationship seem to reverberate throughout our lives. When we’re cared for as children, we’re more likely to have healthy, secure attachments as we get older.” (the Greater Good Science Center)

  I wish well-being, peace, and happiness for you. I will leave you with these:

I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I’m ready, RIGHT NOW. ~ Elbert Hubbard

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. ~ Mark Twain

Optimism has an important place in some, thought not all, realms of your life. It is not a panacea. But it can protect you against depression; it can raise your level of achievement; it can enhance your physical well-being; it is a far more pleasant mental state to be in. ~ Martin E. P. Seligman

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For our 2017-18 NBA Season Preview, we're doing deep dives on five teams who can beat the Warriors in the next five years—and the players who can push them over the top.

Thanks to Dario Saric, coffee dates are now a game-day ritual among several members of the Philadelphia 76ers. The relatively overlooked sophomore initiated the custom during his rookie season as a way to learn about his new teammates, stay comfortable in a foreign land, and, most importantly, relax.

The 23-year-old was mystified when he first saw to-go cups, a symbol of the behavioral chasm that exists between the United States and Europe. "In Croatia, we have special bars for coffee. We sit there for three, four hours, read the newspaper, talk with each other," Saric tells VICE Sports. "It's not like here where you take your coffee and continue to do your work."

So they'll sit for 45 minutes or an hour and chat about life, women, NBA gossip, and general basketball matters. The American players debate the NFL while soccer is a topic of discussion among those who grew up in other parts of the world. Saric will tease Sixers point guard T.J. McConnell for downing lattes (American milk shakes) instead of a strong cappuccino. Joel Embiid often tags along, more in search of conversation than caffeine.

These excursions won't lead the Sixers to the playoffs, boost their collective three-point percentage, or formulate a scheme that'll eventually help them reign over the NBA. But for a young core that's endured unprecedented failure and numerous setbacks over the past few years, simply setting aside time to have positive bonding experiences may have unquantifiable long-term implications.

"It's one part of growing up in this process," Saric says. "Everything is easier on the court because of that."

On the floor, few players in the NBA possess Saric's size, intelligence, skill, and maniacal work ethi—not just a product of all the cappuccinos. The Sixers have, at times, semi-seriously banned him from the gym to keep him off his legs.

He entered the NBA last season with over half a decade of professional experience already under his belt, where he racked up numerous EuroLeague accolades. A boy surrounded by men, outplaying them at every turn. Chris Babcock, a player development coach for the Sixers since 2013, remembers flying overseas a few years ago to watch Saric play. They were in Belgrade, competing in an environment that can politely be described as psychotic—particularly if you were born in Croatia.

"I was sitting next to one of our Serbian guys and I had no idea what the fans were saying," Babcock says. "He goes 'You don't want to know, but it's not nice to Dario.' The kid was incredibly tough. They lost the game but he played so hard; didn't get distracted by everything that was going on."

On an injury-plagued team that was essentially trying to lose as many games as it could, Saric's initial adjustment to the NBA was bitter. He came over just a few weeks before training camp started and had very little time to get mentally or physically accustomed to the best players in the world. He struggled to finish around the basket, couldn't knock down threes, and was inconsistent when switching onto smaller guards on defense.

It was a chaotic, exhausting experience. Saric's legs weren't there, and his teammates didn't have enough talent and/or experience to lift some of the responsibility that eventually sagged on his shoulders. Saric recorded one of the 50 highest usage percentages in league history among rookies who played at least 2000 minutes (same as Kristaps Porzingis; higher than Karl Malone, Stephon Marbury, and Damian Lillard), and came around to win Rookie of the Month in February and March, when he averaged 18.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game.

Before the All-Star break, he shot a putrid 52 percent in the restricted area. "Unfortunately, he had to learn through playing," Babcock says. "But really that ended up turning into a strength of his. He got better at quick-ups, pivoting, finishing around the rim both through drives and through his post game."

After the All-Star break, when he became a full-time starter, Saric's field goal percentage in the restricted area jumped up to a far more respectable 60.3 percent, but he still struggled beyond the arc. His three-point percentage sunk below 30 percent, even though most attempts were uncontested and off the catch. Still, there are several reasons to believe this weakness can be corrected.

"It seems like a small distance, but the change from the international three to the NBA three is a pretty hard adjustment, especially in a short amount of time," Babcock says. "He has a good looking shot."

For the most part, the team hasn't tinkered with Saric's form—though they'd still like him to shorten how far he brings the ball back and focus on keeping his arc high—so much as they've instructed him to familiarize himself with the extended distance. It was his primary concern over the summer.

These fans get it. Photo: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports.

Saric will enter his second NBA season in a dramatically different role, and with a useful influx of talent and knowledge around him. If they are healthy, Embiid and Ben Simmons will be Philadelphia's two highest usage options, creating better looks for Saric than he had for most of last year. J.J. Redick can space the floor and Amir Johnson can anchor a bench unit. Rookie guard Markelle Fultz knows how to put the ball in the basket in countless ways. Saric won't be asked to make plays as a primary option. His looks will be more choreographed than random, and a higher percentage of his outside shots will likely come from the corner. His usage will shrink, his efficiency will rise.

But even if Saric makes noticeable strides in year two, Philadelphia isn't even promised a playoff spot, let alone championship contention. Cracking the league's upper crust is more of a long term goal. But if it happens, and Saric is able to transform into an exemplary complement to Simmons and Embiid, the 76ers could ultimately string together a dynastic run of their own, as pioneers of the NBA's next frontier—staying versatile without forfeiting size.

As teams all across the NBA hoard athletic wings who can shoot, defend, and maybe do a little something creative off the bounce, the Sixers are quietly defying convention. Simmons, Saric, and Embiid are all at least 6'10", and each channels several precious qualities that are unusual in players that size. If they can manage to stay on the court without constricting each other's space, and remain stout on the defensive end, the NBA will have never seen a trio quite like it before.

"Embiid can be one of the best guys in the NBA," Saric says. "And for me it's easier when I have Ben, who can share the ball, who can pass [to] me outside for my three pointers. Who can feed me in the low post. With Joel, I can play pick-and-roll. I can pop and he can roll. I can roll and he can pop. There are so many options in the game and I hope I can be an important part. They make it easier to play."

If all goes according to plan, Philly's collective ceiling is a contemporary iteration of the 1986 Boston Celtics, with a gigantic frontcourt that intuitively understands how valuable the pass that leads to an assist truly is. Nobody could stop that, including the Warriors. Unleashing three legitimate post presences that can function simultaneously without stepping on each other's toes? Who force double teams, shoot threes, and guard multiple positions?

Instead of trying to conquer Golden State by using its playing style against them, the Sixers could stay extremely large and subdue them with a contrasting strategy. They could bully them in a slower environment, exert control on the boards, and not feel any pressure to downsize thanks to the rare skill-sets found in their bigs.

Saric epitomizes the advantage. He's a walking mismatch in those jumbo lineups and as a small-ball five. For example, picture him at center, operating in space, with Robert Covington as a stretch four. (According to NBAWowy, last year those lineups outscored opponents by nearly 24 points per 100 possessions in 38 minutes.)

Of course, for it all to work, Saric's aforementioned three-point shot must rise to a respectable level. He has to cut out his sloppy turnovers and become more of an impact defender, particularly on the perimeter.

According to Synergy Sports, Saric allowed opponents to score 1.45 points per possession whenever he switched screens. That number is abysmal—nearly twice as poor as Tristan Thompson, Draymond Green, and Blake Griffin—and ranked dead last among all players who logged at least 25 such possessions.

"He was thrown into our league really quickly without much prep, so as much of it is a physical thing, he's spent a lot of time with our defensive coach Lloyd Pierce, learning different angles, keeping a hand up against guards that can shoot," Babcock says. "We feel that he can guard multiple positions. He did it last year a little bit inconsistently, but he moves his feet well, he's strong and he's smart. With more experience, I think he'll just keep getting better and better."

The Sixers aren't discouraged by any issues Saric had on defense last year, in part because they allowed just 98.7 points per 100 possessions whenever he shared the floor with Embiid, who's essentially a parachute for teammates on the defensive end.

"Sometimes I can try to steal the ball and know I have Joel behind me," Saric says. "And know he can block the shots easy."

Keeping Embiid, Simmons, Fultz, and Saric together for the next five years won't be easy. The 2021-22 season would be the first of Fultz's second contract and the fourth of Embiid's max deal. Saric, Simmons, and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot are all extension eligible heading into 2020-21, and the former two could potentially command max deals. (Covington should also be on the books earning significant money.)

Philadelphia has its own first-round pick in the 2018 draft, plus the Los Angeles Lakers selection so long as it doesn't land second, third, fourth, or fifth. These picks will not be cheap. There are worse problems to have, but the Sixers could find themselves making some very difficult financial decisions down the line.

But if they let this core grow together, over coffee and on the court, and use the next few seasons to study the various ways they can play on both ends when Saric shares the floor with Embiid and Simmons, it'll be a revolutionary collection of talent—one that an aging Golden State Warriors squad would struggle to slow down.

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Meet Your 2022 NBA Champions, the Philadelphia 76ers

For our 2017-18 NBA Season Preview, we’re doing deep dives on five teams who can beat the Warriors in the next five years—and the players who can push them over the top.

Thanks to Dario Saric, coffee dates are now a game-day ritual among several members of the Philadelphia 76ers. The relatively overlooked sophomore initiated the custom during his rookie season as a way to learn about his new teammates, stay comfortable in a foreign land, and, most importantly, relax.

The 23-year-old was mystified when he first saw to-go cups, a symbol of the behavioral chasm that exists between the United States and Europe. “In Croatia, we have special bars for coffee. We sit there for three, four hours, read the newspaper, talk with each other,” Saric tells VICE Sports. “It’s not like here where you take your coffee and continue to do your work.”

So they’ll sit for 45 minutes or an hour and chat about life, women, NBA gossip, and general basketball matters. The American players debate the NFL while soccer is a topic of discussion among those who grew up in other parts of the world. Saric will tease Sixers point guard T.J. McConnell for downing lattes (American milk shakes) instead of a strong cappuccino. Joel Embiid often tags along, more in search of conversation than caffeine.

These excursions won’t lead the Sixers to the playoffs, boost their collective three-point percentage, or formulate a scheme that’ll eventually help them reign over the NBA. But for a young core that’s endured unprecedented failure and numerous setbacks over the past few years, simply setting aside time to have positive bonding experiences may have unquantifiable long-term implications.

“It’s one part of growing up in this process,” Saric says. “Everything is easier on the court because of that.”

On the floor, few players in the NBA possess Saric’s size, intelligence, skill, and maniacal work ethi—not just a product of all the cappuccinos. The Sixers have, at times, semi-seriously banned him from the gym to keep him off his legs.

He entered the NBA last season with over half a decade of professional experience already under his belt, where he racked up numerous EuroLeague accolades. A boy surrounded by men, outplaying them at every turn. Chris Babcock, a player development coach for the Sixers since 2013, remembers flying overseas a few years ago to watch Saric play. They were in Belgrade, competing in an environment that can politely be described as psychotic—particularly if you were born in Croatia.

“I was sitting next to one of our Serbian guys and I had no idea what the fans were saying,” Babcock says. “He goes ‘You don’t want to know, but it’s not nice to Dario.’ The kid was incredibly tough. They lost the game but he played so hard; didn’t get distracted by everything that was going on.”

On an injury-plagued team that was essentially trying to lose as many games as it could, Saric’s initial adjustment to the NBA was bitter. He came over just a few weeks before training camp started and had very little time to get mentally or physically accustomed to the best players in the world. He struggled to finish around the basket, couldn’t knock down threes, and was inconsistent when switching onto smaller guards on defense.

It was a chaotic, exhausting experience. Saric’s legs weren’t there, and his teammates didn’t have enough talent and/or experience to lift some of the responsibility that eventually sagged on his shoulders. Saric recorded one of the 50 highest usage percentages in league history among rookies who played at least 2000 minutes (same as Kristaps Porzingis; higher than Karl Malone, Stephon Marbury, and Damian Lillard), and came around to win Rookie of the Month in February and March, when he averaged 18.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game.

Before the All-Star break, he shot a putrid 52 percent in the restricted area. “Unfortunately, he had to learn through playing,” Babcock says. “But really that ended up turning into a strength of his. He got better at quick-ups, pivoting, finishing around the rim both through drives and through his post game.”

After the All-Star break, when he became a full-time starter, Saric’s field goal percentage in the restricted area jumped up to a far more respectable 60.3 percent, but he still struggled beyond the arc. His three-point percentage sunk below 30 percent, even though most attempts were uncontested and off the catch. Still, there are several reasons to believe this weakness can be corrected.

“It seems like a small distance, but the change from the international three to the NBA three is a pretty hard adjustment, especially in a short amount of time,” Babcock says. “He has a good looking shot.”

For the most part, the team hasn’t tinkered with Saric’s form—though they’d still like him to shorten how far he brings the ball back and focus on keeping his arc high—so much as they’ve instructed him to familiarize himself with the extended distance. It was his primary concern over the summer.

These fans get it. Photo: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports.

Saric will enter his second NBA season in a dramatically different role, and with a useful influx of talent and knowledge around him. If they are healthy, Embiid and Ben Simmons will be Philadelphia’s two highest usage options, creating better looks for Saric than he had for most of last year. J.J. Redick can space the floor and Amir Johnson can anchor a bench unit. Rookie guard Markelle Fultz knows how to put the ball in the basket in countless ways. Saric won’t be asked to make plays as a primary option. His looks will be more choreographed than random, and a higher percentage of his outside shots will likely come from the corner. His usage will shrink, his efficiency will rise.

But even if Saric makes noticeable strides in year two, Philadelphia isn’t even promised a playoff spot, let alone championship contention. Cracking the league’s upper crust is more of a long term goal. But if it happens, and Saric is able to transform into an exemplary complement to Simmons and Embiid, the 76ers could ultimately string together a dynastic run of their own, as pioneers of the NBA’s next frontier—staying versatile without forfeiting size.

As teams all across the NBA hoard athletic wings who can shoot, defend, and maybe do a little something creative off the bounce, the Sixers are quietly defying convention. Simmons, Saric, and Embiid are all at least 6’10”, and each channels several precious qualities that are unusual in players that size. If they can manage to stay on the court without constricting each other’s space, and remain stout on the defensive end, the NBA will have never seen a trio quite like it before.

“Embiid can be one of the best guys in the NBA,” Saric says. “And for me it’s easier when I have Ben, who can share the ball, who can pass [to] me outside for my three pointers. Who can feed me in the low post. With Joel, I can play pick-and-roll. I can pop and he can roll. I can roll and he can pop. There are so many options in the game and I hope I can be an important part. They make it easier to play.”

If all goes according to plan, Philly’s collective ceiling is a contemporary iteration of the 1986 Boston Celtics, with a gigantic frontcourt that intuitively understands how valuable the pass that leads to an assist truly is. Nobody could stop that, including the Warriors. Unleashing three legitimate post presences that can function simultaneously without stepping on each other’s toes? Who force double teams, shoot threes, and guard multiple positions?

Instead of trying to conquer Golden State by using its playing style against them, the Sixers could stay extremely large and subdue them with a contrasting strategy. They could bully them in a slower environment, exert control on the boards, and not feel any pressure to downsize thanks to the rare skill-sets found in their bigs.

Saric epitomizes the advantage. He’s a walking mismatch in those jumbo lineups and as a small-ball five. For example, picture him at center, operating in space, with Robert Covington as a stretch four. (According to NBAWowy, last year those lineups outscored opponents by nearly 24 points per 100 possessions in 38 minutes.)

Of course, for it all to work, Saric’s aforementioned three-point shot must rise to a respectable level. He has to cut out his sloppy turnovers and become more of an impact defender, particularly on the perimeter.

According to Synergy Sports, Saric allowed opponents to score 1.45 points per possession whenever he switched screens. That number is abysmal—nearly twice as poor as Tristan Thompson, Draymond Green, and Blake Griffin—and ranked dead last among all players who logged at least 25 such possessions.

“He was thrown into our league really quickly without much prep, so as much of it is a physical thing, he’s spent a lot of time with our defensive coach Lloyd Pierce, learning different angles, keeping a hand up against guards that can shoot,” Babcock says. “We feel that he can guard multiple positions. He did it last year a little bit inconsistently, but he moves his feet well, he’s strong and he’s smart. With more experience, I think he’ll just keep getting better and better.”

The Sixers aren’t discouraged by any issues Saric had on defense last year, in part because they allowed just 98.7 points per 100 possessions whenever he shared the floor with Embiid, who’s essentially a parachute for teammates on the defensive end.

“Sometimes I can try to steal the ball and know I have Joel behind me,” Saric says. “And know he can block the shots easy.”

Keeping Embiid, Simmons, Fultz, and Saric together for the next five years won’t be easy. The 2021-22 season would be the first of Fultz’s second contract and the fourth of Embiid’s max deal. Saric, Simmons, and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot are all extension eligible heading into 2020-21, and the former two could potentially command max deals. (Covington should also be on the books earning significant money.)

Philadelphia has its own first-round pick in the 2018 draft, plus the Los Angeles Lakers selection so long as it doesn’t land second, third, fourth, or fifth. These picks will not be cheap. There are worse problems to have, but the Sixers could find themselves making some very difficult financial decisions down the line.

But if they let this core grow together, over coffee and on the court, and use the next few seasons to study the various ways they can play on both ends when Saric shares the floor with Embiid and Simmons, it’ll be a revolutionary collection of talent—one that an aging Golden State Warriors squad would struggle to slow down.

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For our 2017-18 NBA Season Preview, we're doing deep dives on five teams who can beat the Warriors in the next five years—and the players who can push them over the top.

Thanks to Dario Saric, coffee dates are now a game-day ritual among several members of the Philadelphia 76ers. The relatively overlooked sophomore initiated the custom during his rookie season as a way to learn about his new teammates, stay comfortable in a foreign land, and, most importantly, relax.

The 23-year-old was mystified when he first saw to-go cups, a symbol of the behavioral chasm that exists between the United States and Europe. "In Croatia, we have special bars for coffee. We sit there for three, four hours, read the newspaper, talk with each other," Saric tells VICE Sports. "It's not like here where you take your coffee and continue to do your work."

So they'll sit for 45 minutes or an hour and chat about life, women, NBA gossip, and general basketball matters. The American players debate the NFL while soccer is a topic of discussion among those who grew up in other parts of the world. Saric will tease Sixers point guard T.J. McConnell for downing lattes (American milk shakes) instead of a strong cappuccino. Joel Embiid often tags along, more in search of conversation than caffeine.

These excursions won't lead the Sixers to the playoffs, boost their collective three-point percentage, or formulate a scheme that'll eventually help them reign over the NBA. But for a young core that's endured unprecedented failure and numerous setbacks over the past few years, simply setting aside time to have positive bonding experiences may have unquantifiable long-term implications.

"It's one part of growing up in this process," Saric says. "Everything is easier on the court because of that."

On the floor, few players in the NBA possess Saric's size, intelligence, skill, and maniacal work ethi—not just a product of all the cappuccinos. The Sixers have, at times, semi-seriously banned him from the gym to keep him off his legs.

He entered the NBA last season with over half a decade of professional experience already under his belt, where he racked up numerous EuroLeague accolades. A boy surrounded by men, outplaying them at every turn. Chris Babcock, a player development coach for the Sixers since 2013, remembers flying overseas a few years ago to watch Saric play. They were in Belgrade, competing in an environment that can politely be described as psychotic—particularly if you were born in Croatia.

"I was sitting next to one of our Serbian guys and I had no idea what the fans were saying," Babcock says. "He goes 'You don't want to know, but it's not nice to Dario.' The kid was incredibly tough. They lost the game but he played so hard; didn't get distracted by everything that was going on."

On an injury-plagued team that was essentially trying to lose as many games as it could, Saric's initial adjustment to the NBA was bitter. He came over just a few weeks before training camp started and had very little time to get mentally or physically accustomed to the best players in the world. He struggled to finish around the basket, couldn't knock down threes, and was inconsistent when switching onto smaller guards on defense.

It was a chaotic, exhausting experience. Saric's legs weren't there, and his teammates didn't have enough talent and/or experience to lift some of the responsibility that eventually sagged on his shoulders. Saric recorded one of the 50 highest usage percentages in league history among rookies who played at least 2000 minutes (same as Kristaps Porzingis; higher than Karl Malone, Stephon Marbury, and Damian Lillard), and came around to win Rookie of the Month in February and March, when he averaged 18.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game.

Before the All-Star break, he shot a putrid 52 percent in the restricted area. "Unfortunately, he had to learn through playing," Babcock says. "But really that ended up turning into a strength of his. He got better at quick-ups, pivoting, finishing around the rim both through drives and through his post game."

After the All-Star break, when he became a full-time starter, Saric's field goal percentage in the restricted area jumped up to a far more respectable 60.3 percent, but he still struggled beyond the arc. His three-point percentage sunk below 30 percent, even though most attempts were uncontested and off the catch. Still, there are several reasons to believe this weakness can be corrected.

"It seems like a small distance, but the change from the international three to the NBA three is a pretty hard adjustment, especially in a short amount of time," Babcock says. "He has a good looking shot."

For the most part, the team hasn't tinkered with Saric's form—though they'd still like him to shorten how far he brings the ball back and focus on keeping his arc high—so much as they've instructed him to familiarize himself with the extended distance. It was his primary concern over the summer.

These fans get it. Photo: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports.

Saric will enter his second NBA season in a dramatically different role, and with a useful influx of talent and knowledge around him. If they are healthy, Embiid and Ben Simmons will be Philadelphia's two highest usage options, creating better looks for Saric than he had for most of last year. J.J. Redick can space the floor and Amir Johnson can anchor a bench unit. Rookie guard Markelle Fultz knows how to put the ball in the basket in countless ways. Saric won't be asked to make plays as a primary option. His looks will be more choreographed than random, and a higher percentage of his outside shots will likely come from the corner. His usage will shrink, his efficiency will rise.

But even if Saric makes noticeable strides in year two, Philadelphia isn't even promised a playoff spot, let alone championship contention. Cracking the league's upper crust is more of a long term goal. But if it happens, and Saric is able to transform into an exemplary complement to Simmons and Embiid, the 76ers could ultimately string together a dynastic run of their own, as pioneers of the NBA's next frontier—staying versatile without forfeiting size.

As teams all across the NBA hoard athletic wings who can shoot, defend, and maybe do a little something creative off the bounce, the Sixers are quietly defying convention. Simmons, Saric, and Embiid are all at least 6'10", and each channels several precious qualities that are unusual in players that size. If they can manage to stay on the court without constricting each other's space, and remain stout on the defensive end, the NBA will have never seen a trio quite like it before.

"Embiid can be one of the best guys in the NBA," Saric says. "And for me it's easier when I have Ben, who can share the ball, who can pass [to] me outside for my three pointers. Who can feed me in the low post. With Joel, I can play pick-and-roll. I can pop and he can roll. I can roll and he can pop. There are so many options in the game and I hope I can be an important part. They make it easier to play."

If all goes according to plan, Philly's collective ceiling is a contemporary iteration of the 1986 Boston Celtics, with a gigantic frontcourt that intuitively understands how valuable the pass that leads to an assist truly is. Nobody could stop that, including the Warriors. Unleashing three legitimate post presences that can function simultaneously without stepping on each other's toes? Who force double teams, shoot threes, and guard multiple positions?

Instead of trying to conquer Golden State by using its playing style against them, the Sixers could stay extremely large and subdue them with a contrasting strategy. They could bully them in a slower environment, exert control on the boards, and not feel any pressure to downsize thanks to the rare skill-sets found in their bigs.

Saric epitomizes the advantage. He's a walking mismatch in those jumbo lineups and as a small-ball five. For example, picture him at center, operating in space, with Robert Covington as a stretch four. (According to NBAWowy, last year those lineups outscored opponents by nearly 24 points per 100 possessions in 38 minutes.)

Of course, for it all to work, Saric's aforementioned three-point shot must rise to a respectable level. He has to cut out his sloppy turnovers and become more of an impact defender, particularly on the perimeter.

According to Synergy Sports, Saric allowed opponents to score 1.45 points per possession whenever he switched screens. That number is abysmal—nearly twice as poor as Tristan Thompson, Draymond Green, and Blake Griffin—and ranked dead last among all players who logged at least 25 such possessions.

"He was thrown into our league really quickly without much prep, so as much of it is a physical thing, he's spent a lot of time with our defensive coach Lloyd Pierce, learning different angles, keeping a hand up against guards that can shoot," Babcock says. "We feel that he can guard multiple positions. He did it last year a little bit inconsistently, but he moves his feet well, he's strong and he's smart. With more experience, I think he'll just keep getting better and better."

The Sixers aren't discouraged by any issues Saric had on defense last year, in part because they allowed just 98.7 points per 100 possessions whenever he shared the floor with Embiid, who's essentially a parachute for teammates on the defensive end.

"Sometimes I can try to steal the ball and know I have Joel behind me," Saric says. "And know he can block the shots easy."

Keeping Embiid, Simmons, Fultz, and Saric together for the next five years won't be easy. The 2021-22 season would be the first of Fultz's second contract and the fourth of Embiid's max deal. Saric, Simmons, and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot are all extension eligible heading into 2020-21, and the former two could potentially command max deals. (Covington should also be on the books earning significant money.)

Philadelphia has its own first-round pick in the 2018 draft, plus the Los Angeles Lakers selection so long as it doesn't land second, third, fourth, or fifth. These picks will not be cheap. There are worse problems to have, but the Sixers could find themselves making some very difficult financial decisions down the line.

But if they let this core grow together, over coffee and on the court, and use the next few seasons to study the various ways they can play on both ends when Saric shares the floor with Embiid and Simmons, it'll be a revolutionary collection of talent—one that an aging Golden State Warriors squad would struggle to slow down.

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