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Post by messymimi on May 12, 2014 5:23:31 GMT -5
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it.” ~ Margaret Thatcher
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on May 12, 2014 6:06:13 GMT -5
Psssst ... (shhhhh) for all the fans of this ongoing quotes thread and appreciate all the work that Ms. Disorganized Dragon has done ... There's something that might interest all Dragoness' readers ... over on another thread. (reply to *that* thread): takeonestepatatime.proboards.com/thread/24052
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Post by messymimi on May 13, 2014 5:22:49 GMT -5
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." ~ Walt Disney
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on May 13, 2014 16:10:33 GMT -5
"Talent is really the combination of a dream and the time spent building it. We develop our ability by devoting time to the skills that interest us. Like the musician, we become talented through daily practice -- the daily building of a dream." -- excerpt from the book "Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families" from the reading for May 13th
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Post by messymimi on May 14, 2014 5:16:48 GMT -5
"Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being." ~ Kevin Kruse
CL_SS, your quote reminds me of the study about how mastery of something comes from about 10,000 hours of consistently practicing that thing. There was even a book written about it, i'm going to have to try to look it up.
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Post by messymimi on May 15, 2014 6:12:25 GMT -5
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take." ~ Wayne Gretzky
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Post by messymimi on May 16, 2014 5:18:11 GMT -5
"I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." ~ Michael Jordan
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Post by messymimi on May 17, 2014 6:31:39 GMT -5
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." ~ Amelia Earhart
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Post by messymimi on May 18, 2014 6:35:01 GMT -5
"Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement." ~ W. Clement Stone
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Post by messymimi on May 19, 2014 5:47:01 GMT -5
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." ~ Alice Walker
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Post by messymimi on May 20, 2014 6:33:55 GMT -5
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." ~ Anon.
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Post by messymimi on May 21, 2014 14:09:28 GMT -5
"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life." ~ Steve Jobs
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Post by messymimi on May 22, 2014 6:16:10 GMT -5
"Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is." ~ Vince Lombardi
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Post by messymimi on May 23, 2014 6:00:10 GMT -5
"Either you run the day, or the day runs you." ~ Jim Rohn
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Post by messymimi on May 24, 2014 7:49:26 GMT -5
"Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement." ~ W. Clement Stone
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