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"2553 Motivational Quotes

So many men have holes in their souls the shape of their fathers. You can pass that on to your kid, or you can do something about it, and I'm seeing a lot of men doing something about it.

About Doing Fathers Holes
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I had never gone to college. I was not from a politically connected family. I had no money of my own. Who is going to do business with you?

Business College Connected Family
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I'm encouraged by what I see of men trying to be there for their children.

Children Encouraged I See Men
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Baby steps count, too, as long as you're moving forward.

Baby Count Forward Long
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Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

Collective Enlightenment Greater Makes
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I cut grass, I did yard work, I did roofing, I cleaned basements to take care of my family.

Care Cleaned Cut Did
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I didn't grow up in a household where dinner conversation was, 'How did the market do today?'

Conversation Did Dinner Grow
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Everything that I learned in the Navy, I took it with me into the next phase of my life.

Everything Learned Life Me
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My first ambition in life, I made up my mind I was going to become Miles Davis. I studied music, music theory. I played trumpet for nine years. One day, my mother explained, 'You can't be Miles Davis. There's one, and he's got that job.'

Ambition Become Davis Day
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In order for you to find a job, people need to know you're looking

Find Job Know Looking
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If you're lucky enough to have a permanent position, don't feel entitled. Companies value longtime employees' institutional memory, but to be irreplaceable, you must stay invested. Take the initiative and assume new responsibilities.

Assume Companies Employees Enough
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Most of us have heard the saying, 'Cleanliness is next to godliness.' That's a sentiment I value, but another virtue has inspired me to revise that saying. As far as I'm concerned, what's next to godliness is resourcefulness.

Another As Far As Cleanliness Concerned
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My mom had to be resourceful. She grew up dirt poor in rural Louisiana.

Dirt Grew Had Louisiana
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Your skills may not be anything out of the ordinary, but you can do miraculous things with what you've got. Maybe it's your parenting skills, or your compassion. It may be your curiosity, your imagination or unique style of fashion. Even if it seems to be no big deal, the lesson here is we all have unique abilities and talents.

Ability Anything Big Big Deal
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If you're having a hard time recognizing your gifts, look to someone else you know who's been resourceful. You may be surprised by how your own strengths rise to the surface by watching someone else.

Been Else Gifts Hard
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When someone says, 'You can't,' what it really means is that they can't - so why should you get to?

Get Means Really Says
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As long as you have a plan for how you'll live, don't let jealous people turn their insecurities into yours.

How Insecurities Jealous Live
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We can all learn something from people we admire.

Admire Learn People Something
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Just remember, you're never too old to have a hero.

Hero Just Never Old
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Don't wait for the perfect time to start making changes to your life; the time is now.

Changes Life Making Now
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You can blame outside factors or make excuses about why things didn't work out, but that doesn't change anything.

About Anything Blame Change
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Nine times out of 10, extenuating circumstances aside, I believe that people are where they are by some kind of choice on their part. You need to acknowledge that, 'Hey, I'm here because I steered my horse in this direction.'

Acknowledge Aside Because Believe
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I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

Ashamed Been Bring Constantly
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The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me.
Able Am Day Fly
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

More Must Never Plant
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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Deeds Determine Much Our
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Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
Abstain Blessed Evidence Fact
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Been It Is Never Too Late Late Might
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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Brought Done Great Great Things
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The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Another Duty Fulfill Power
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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

Every Expect Experience Important
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There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Except Failure Longer Trying
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Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Day Done Every Every Day
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Ability Far Finer More
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No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

Accomplishes Day Ever Far
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We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

Beyond Despair Doing Else
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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.

Even Lose Sometimes Soul
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When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn't know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

Big Big Thing Child Control
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I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

Always Could Cut Famous
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I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am.

Accomplish Against Always Am
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Power's not given to you. You have to take it.
Motivational Power Success
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We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead.

Inspirational-quotes Motivational-quotes Self-confidence-quotes Success-quotes
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What I've learned is that real change is very, very hard. But I've also learned that change is possible - if you fight for it.

Also Change Fight Hard
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I know what I am in Washington to do: I'm here to fight for hardworking families.

Am Families Fight Hardworking
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Find Information Kinds Know
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I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial.

Become Concerned Really Big
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Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Guidelines Problems Signs Stop
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Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.

Always Left Look Lost
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Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.

Again Decision Impossible Made
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Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

Conditions Face How Impossible
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