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Fear

"Fear does not prevent death, it prevents life."

            -Buddha

Being Present

"Yesterday is but a dream. Tomorrow is only a vision. But today we'll lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope."

    -Kalidasa, fifth century Sanskrit writer 

Mindset

"It is not possible to control all external events; but if I simply control my mind, what need is there to control other things?"

                                     -Santideva

Your Life

"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection."

                         -Bhagavad Gita, Hindu Monk

Change

"Things don't have to change the world to be important."  -Steve Jobs

Habits

"Men's nature's are alike; it is their habits that separate them."  -Confucius 

Perspective

"It is impossible to properly appreciate the light without knowing the darkness."

                                       -Sattre 

 

Self

"I'm constantly amazed by how easily we love ourselves above all others, yet we put more stock in the opinions of others than in our own estimation of self. How much credence we give to the opinions our peers have of us and how little to our very own!' 

                                 -Marcus Aurelius

Mindset

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."  -Abraham Lincoln 

Failures

"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better."  -Wendell Phillips