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“All ________ takes place _______ of the _______ zone”

  • Michael John Bobak
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“All progress takes place outside of the comfort zone” - Michael John Bobak

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“You may only ______ if you desire ___________;

you may only ____ if you do not mind _______.”

  • Philippos
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“You may only succeed if you desire succeeding;

you may only fail if you do not mind failing.”

  • Philippos
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“I _________ my success to this - I _____ gave or ____ any ______”

  • Florence Nightingale
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“I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse” - Florence Nightingale

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“_______ is the faith that leads to ___________.

Nothing can be done without ____ and __________”.

  • Helen Keller
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“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence”.

  • Helen Keller
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“____ until you no longer have to _________ yourself”

  • Unknown
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“Work until you no longer have to introduce yourself” - Unknown

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“You just can’t ____ the person who _____ _____ __”

  • Babe Ruth
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“You just can’t beat the person who never gives up”

  • Babe Ruth
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“Set yourself _________ to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself _________ to do it”.

  • Phillip Brooks
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“Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it”. - Phillip Brooks

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Earnestly

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with sincere and intense conviction; seriously.

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“You can’t cross the sea by ________ and _______ at the water”

  • Rabindranath Tagore
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“You can’t cross the sea by standing and staring at the water” - Rabindranath Tagore

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“Do you want to know who you are?

Don’t ask.

Act!

______ will delineate and ______ you”.

  • Thomas Jefferson
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“Do you want to know who you are?

Don’t ask.

Act!

Action will delineate and define you”.

  • Thomas Jefferson
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“_____ where you ___,

___ what you ____,

__ what you ___”.

  • Arthur Ashe
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“Start where you are,

Use what you have,

Do what you can”.

  • Arthur Ashe
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“There is only one ______ of the universe you can be certain of _________, and that’s your ___ ____”.

  • Aldous Huxley
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“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self”. - Aldous Huxley

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“Be _________.

Or ________ yourself.

Whatever has to be done, it’s always ___ ______”

  • Wayne Dyer
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“Be miserable.

Or motivate yourself.

Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice”

  • Wayne Dyer
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“____________ is not a ____ race;

it is many _____ races one after the other”.

  • Walter Elliot
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“Perseverance is not a long race;

it is many short races one after the other”.

  • Walter Elliot
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“If you _________ want _________ don’t ____ for it - teach yourself to be _________”.

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“If you genuinely want something don’t wait for it - teach yourself to be impatient”.

  • Gurbaksh Chahal
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“The number one reason people ____ in ____ is because they listen to their _______, ______, and __________”.

  • Napoleon Hill
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“The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbours”.

  • Napoleon Hill
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“You have to _____ the _____ of the ____. And then you have to ____ better than ______ else”.

  • Albert Einstein
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“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

  • Albert Einstein
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“______ the __________ so that you can ____ the ____________ of victory”.

  • George S. Patton
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“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory”.

  • George S. Patton
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“A good plan _________ ________ now is better than a perfect ___ ________ next week”.

  • George S. Patton
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“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week”.

  • George S. Patton
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“If you can’t _______ it ______, you don’t __________ it well ______”.

  • Albert Einstein
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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”

  • Albert Einstein
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“There are ___ _____ of ______ who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are ______ to ___ and those who are ______ you will _______.”

  • Ray Goforth
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“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth

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“The secret of getting _____ is getting _______”

  • Mark Twain
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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started” - Mark Twain

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“You are never too old to set another ____ or to _____ a new _____”.

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“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”. - C. S. Lewis

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“No matter how many _____ you have ________, you must set your ______ on a higher one”.

  • Jessica Savitch
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“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one”. - Jessica Savitch

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"Quality is not an \_\_\_, it is a \_\_\_\_\_". - Aristotle
"Quality is not an act, it is a habit". - Aristotle
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"I've always tried to go a ____ past wherever ______ expected __ to end up". - Beverly Sills
"I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up". - Beverly Sills
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"Whatever you want in \_\_\_\_, other ______ are going to want it too. _______ in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an ____ right to it". - Diane Sawyer
"Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it". - Diane Sawyer
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Success does not consist in never making ________ but in never making the ____ \_\_\_ a second time".
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time". - George Bernard Shaw
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"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't ______ them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they ____ to do along the way, and who will be _______ the adventure with them". - Dennis Waitley
"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them". - Dennis Waitley
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"There is no ________ to be found playing small - to settling for a ____ that is less than the one you are capable of \_\_\_\_\_\_". - Nelson Mandela
"There is no passion to be found playing small - to settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living". - Nelson Mandela
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What you get by _________ your goals is not as important as what you become by _________ your goals".
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals". - Zig Ziglar
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"The starting point of all achievement is \_\_\_\_\_\_". - Napoleon Hill
"The starting point of all achievement is desire". - Napoleon Hill
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"\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the sum of all efforts repeated ______ and \_\_\_\_\_\_". - Robert Collier
"Success is the sum of all efforts repeated day-in and day-out". - Robert Collier
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"We ___ above the ____ to hit the \_\_\_\_". - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We aim above the mark to hit the mark". - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The harder the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the more glorious the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Thomas Paine
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph". - Thomas Paine
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"You've got to get up every morning with _____________ if your going to go to bed with \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - George Lorimer
"You've got to get up every morning with determination if your going to go to bed with satisfaction". - George Lorimer
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"A ____ is not always meant to be \_\_\_\_\_\_\_; it often serves simply as _________ to aim at". - Bruce Lee
"A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at". - Bruce Lee
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"To live a ________ life, we must lose our ____ of being wrong". - Anonymous
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong". - Anonymous
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"All our ______ can come true if we have the _______ to pursue them". - Walt Disney
"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them". - Walt Disney
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"\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is ____ holding on a minute longer". - George S. Patton
"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer". - George S. Patton
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"You need to ________ the tug of people _______ you as you reach for high goals". - George S. Patton
"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals". - George S. Patton
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"If you don't ______ your own life \_\_\_\_, chances are you'll fall into someone else's \_\_\_\_. And guess what they have ________ for you? Not Much."
"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." - Jim Rohn
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"There is no _______ along the extra \_\_\_\_" - Roger Staubach
"There is no traffic along the extra mile" - Roger Staubach
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"I've worked to ____ and too ____ to let anything _____ in the way of my goals. I will not let my _________ down and I will not let ______ down" - Mia Hamm
"I've worked to hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down" - Mia Hamm
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"When you ____ you learn from the mistakes you made and it _________ you to work even \_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Natalie Gulbis
"When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder". - Natalie Gulbis
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"Setting goals is the first step in turning the _______ into the \_\_\_\_\_\_" - Tony Robbins
"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible" - Tony Robbins
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"Do not wait; the time will never be '\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever _____ you may have at your command, and better _____ will be found as you go along". - George Herbert
"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along". - George Herbert
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"The _____ will set you \_\_\_\_"
"The truth will set you free" - Tony Robbins
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"There is no such thing as a ______ \_\_\_\_. You will _____ every time you _________ yourself". - Marsha Blackburn
"There is no such thing as a failed test. You will learn every time you challenge yourself". - Marsha Blackburn
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"There is no \_\_\_\_\_\_, no \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, no \_\_\_\_, that can hinder or control the firm _______ of a __________ soul". - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul". - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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"People rarely _______ unless they have ___ in what they are \_\_\_\_\_". - Dale Carnegie
"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing". - Dale Carnegie
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"A man can be as _____ as he _____ to be. If you _______ in yourself and have the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and if you are willing to _________ the little things in life and pay the _____ for the things that are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, it can be \_\_\_\_". - Vince Lombardi
"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done". - Vince Lombardi
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"\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ yourself to do what you know is _____ and important, although \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, is the high road to \_\_\_\_\_, self-\_\_\_\_\_\_, and personal satisfaction". - Margaret Thatcher
"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction". - Margaret Thatcher
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"\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in yourself! have faith in your \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own \_\_\_\_\_\_, you cannot be successful or happy". - Norman Vincent Peale
"Believe in yourself! have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy". - Norman Vincent Peale
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"\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is not enough; we must \_\_\_\_, Willing is not \_\_\_\_\_\_; we must \_\_". - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply, Willing is not enough; we must do". - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"You measure the size of the ______________ by the _________ you had to ________ to reach your goals". - Booker T. Washington
"You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals". - Booker T. Washington
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"It is better to fail in ___________ that to succeed in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Herman Melville
"It is better to fail in originality that to succeed in imitation". - Herman Melville
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"You have to _____ a ______ more than once to ___ it". - Margaret Thatcher
"You have to fight a battle more than once to win it". - Margaret Thatcher
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"Failure is the _________ that gives success its \_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Truman Capote
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour". - Truman Capote
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"People often say that __________ doesn't last. Well, neither does _______ - that's why we _______ it daily". - Zig Ziglar
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily". - Zig Ziglar
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"Courage is __________ to fear, _______ of fear - not _______ of fear". - Mark Twain
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear". - Mark Twain
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"A creative man is _________ by the desire to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, not by the desire to ____ others". - Ayn Rand
"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others". - Ayn Rand
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"What you __ today can _______ all your tomorrows". - Ralph Marston
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows". - Ralph Marston
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"Most of the _________ things in the world have been ____________ by people who have kept on ______ when there seemed to be no ____ at all." - Dale Carnegie
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all." - Dale Carnegie
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"To __________ great things, we must not only act, but also \_\_\_\_\_, not only plan, but also \_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Anatole France
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe". - Anatole France
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"The _______ of who we ___ is what we do with what we \_\_\_\_". - Vince Lombardi
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have". - Vince Lombardi
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"Don't watch the clock, do what it does, ___ \_\_\_\_\_". - Sam Levenson
"Don't watch the clock, do what it does, keep going". - Sam Levenson
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"As we express our gratitude, we must never ______ that the highest appreciation is not to _____ words, but to ____ by them". - John F. Kennedy
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them". - John F. Kennedy
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"Good things come to those who wait, but better things ____ to those who __ \_\_ and ___ \_\_\_\_". - Anonymous
"Good things come to those who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them". - Anonymous
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"Success is _______ from ______ to ______ with no loss of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Winston Churchill
"Success is going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm" - Winston Churchill
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"No one can make you feel ________ without your \_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Eleanor Roosevelt
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent". - Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Don't _____ your voice, improve your \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_". - Anonymous
"Don't _____ your voice, _______ your argument". - Anonymous
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"I learned that we can do \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, but we can't do \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. At least not the same time. So think of your _________ not in terms of what _________ you do, but when you do them. Timing is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_".
"I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything. At least not the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything". - Dan Millman
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"You must take ______ now that will move you towards your \_\_\_\_\_. Develop a sense of _______ in your \_\_\_\_". - H. Jackson Brown, Jr
"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life". - H. Jackson Brown, Jr
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"A __________ man is one who can ___ a firm __________ with the ______ others have ______ at him".
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him". - David Brinkley
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"If you don't value your \_\_\_\_, neither will others. Stop giving away your ____ and talents - start ________ for it". - Kim Garst
"If you don't value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents - start charging for it". - Kim Garst
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"Try not to be a person of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, but rather try to ______ a person of \_\_\_\_\_".
"Try not to be a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value". - Albert Einstein
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"Whenever you see a successful person you only see the ______ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ never the _______ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to reach them". - Vaibhav Shah
"Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories never the private sacrifices to reach them". - Vaibhav Shah

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