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7384 Motivational quotes by 2022 unique authors
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
— Thomas Carlyle
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
— Andrew Carnegie
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There is little success where there is little laughter.
— Andrew Carnegie
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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in…
— Andrew Carnegie
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
— Dale Carnegie
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope…
— Dale Carnegie
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
— Dale Carnegie
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming…
— Dale Carnegie
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
— Dale Carnegie
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It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It…
— Dale Carnegie
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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
— Dale Carnegie
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
— Dale Carnegie
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Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and…
— Dale Carnegie
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let…
— Dale Carnegie
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Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
— Dale Carnegie
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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts:…
— Dale Carnegie
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
— Dale Carnegie
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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
— Dale Carnegie
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