"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

- Steve Jobs


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"Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them."

- Rita Levi-Montalcin

"It is wonderful what you can do when you have to."

- C.S. Lewis


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"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

- Frederick Douglass

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."

- Helen Keller


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"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside themselves was superior to circumstance."

- Bruce Barton


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An uplifting video to start your week

Chances are you have heard about and seen the video of Susan Boyle over the past week - she has become an Internet sensation.

But in case you have not - or if you just want to see it again - it is well worth watching. It will start your week off on a positive, uplifting note.

Click here to watch the video.


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"Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for."

- Marian Wright Edelman

"There's always stuff to work on. You're never there."

- Tiger Woods


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"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure."

- Winston Churchill

"Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt."

- William Shakespeare


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One of the overriding themes of [quality] self improvement philosophy is to avoid negative people. You are who you associate with, and surrounding yourself with negative people who only see the downside of every situation will negate any work you do on yourself.

You can spend hours focusing your mind, developing and nurturing a positive attitude, and working on your goals and your passion - only to have it wiped out in a few minutes by the company you keep.

Avoid negative people, avoid gossip; surrounding yourself with that kind of "group think" will be your downfall.

The following quote is good to remember:

"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people."

- Eleanor Roosevelt


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"What does not destroy me, makes me stronger."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan


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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the one who’ll decide where you’ll go. Oh the places you’ll go."

- Dr Seuss


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"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

- Thomas Edison

"One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection."

- Madeleine Kunin



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