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Famous Inspirational Quotes “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist "Your talent is God's gift to you.
Our inner dialogue, whether positive or negative, has a huge effect on our mood.Words have power, and the way you talk to yourself is as important as the company you keep and the food you eat.
Quotes about overcoming anxiety “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived ...
American scholar Brené Brown quotes the excerpt in the Netflix special The Call to Courage; she also used a somewhat abbreviated version of the quote in her March 2012 TED talk "Listening to Shame," and subsequently as the inspiration for the title of her book, Daring Greatly (2012). [3] [6]
This ethic was articulated by Bessie Anderson Stanley in 1911 (in a quote often misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson): "To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.
Take a page out of her book with these inspiring quotes. Maya Angelou's writing is full of wisdom, compassion, and understanding. ... “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you ...
For much of this poem's history, readers viewed Ulysses as resolute and heroic, admiring him for his determination "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield". [1] The view that Tennyson intended a heroic character is supported by his statements about the poem, and by the events in his life—the death of his closest friend—that prompted ...