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THE TOP50 QUOTES

THAT WILL INSPIRE YOUTO PURSUE ANY DREAM

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THE TOP TEN QUOTES TO GET YOU TO DREAM BIG

We were all dreamers once. Some of us still are. But in the journey from imagination to adulthood, too many of us were told we had to leave our wide eyes behind. We were told that dreamers didn’t win in this world; that fantasies were the foundations of failure. So we turned our backs too soon, leaving the dreamers deep within us forgotten somewhere along our path, buried beneath the debris of doubts and demands

that were cast on them from all quarters. But those who have reached the peak know how wrong they all were—not to see that all energy comes from inspiration, and that we exceed ourselves only when we’re inhabited by a force larger than ourselves.

It’s time for you to recover your dreams and reignite your passion. And in the long run, it will lift you to heights you could scarcely imagine.

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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

— JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the

patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

— HARRIETT TUBMAN

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his

punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

— OSCAR WILDE

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are

those who turn one into the other.— DOUGLAS H. EVERETT

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The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

— ARTHUR C. CLARKE

“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never

were; and I say, ‘Why not?’— GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty

recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.

— T.E. LAWRENCE

Yesterday is but today’s memory, tomorrow is today’s dream.

— KAHLIL GIBRAN

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

— MARK TWAIN

If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know

how amazing you can be.— MAYA ANGELOU

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THE TOP TEN QUOTES TO HELP YOU TAME YOUR FEARS

Our fears are the beasts that stalk all of our dreams. They are the vultures of human achievement, that fly surreptitiously in moments, ferociously in others, always diverting us from exploring the farthest reaches of our potential. But as those who have stopped to stare fear in the face know too well, they are a toothless beast, a king without a crown or army, whose power is sapped by every show of

defiance when you stand firm to reject its hold over you, and to reclaim control over your own destiny.

It’s time you looked your fears in the eye, and called their bluff.

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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The

fearful are caught as often as the bold.— HELEN KELLER

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.

— RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be

afraid you will make one.— ELBERT HUBBARD

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear

of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

— VIRGIL THOMSON

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Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

— GEORGE ADAIR

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 through this

horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the

thing you think you cannot do.— ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now

is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

— MARIE CURIE

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home

and think about it. Go out and get busy.— DALE CARNEGIE

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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he

who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

— NELSON MANDELA

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

— PLATO

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THE TOP TEN QUOTES TO FUEL YOUR MIND

Our minds are the drivers of our lives and the true masters of our destinies. They can propel us to unimaginable heights, or they can stop us from taking the first step. We can wield them to design dams of doubt around our dreams, or we can marshall them to build mighty towers that will rise up through turbulent skies. But what we too often forget is that it’s ultimately us who decide, and that the building blocks of a resilient and positive mindset are invariably

within our reach. It’s time you harnessed the magic of your mind, and made it the ally it is waiting to become.

We don’t see things as they

are; we see things as we are.

— ANAÏS NIN

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Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.

Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.

Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

— MAHATMA GANDHI

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters

compared to what lies within us.— RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

— DEEPAK CHOPRA

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Success is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not one’s passing

inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental

habits that control your life.— PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go

any higher than you think.— BENJAMIN DISRAELI

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing

is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

— ALBERT EINSTEIN

In the hopes of reaching the moon, men fail to see the flowers

that blossom at their feet.— ALBERT SCHWEIZER

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Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

— HELEN KELLER

The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.

— RAMAKRISHNA

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THE TOP TEN QUOTES TO PUSH YOU TO START YOUR JOURNEY

Energy is always in motion—but the good news is that you get to decide the direction. So, which will it be? Do you let yourself sink slowly into the quicksands of uncertainty, doubt and fear, only to guarantee the self-fulfilling prophecy of your failure? Or do you make the leap out of the fog and onto your upward path, eager to embrace the winding road and to learn that at

every step, your heart and head will be there to point you in the direction of your dreams?

It’s time you chose boldness. It’s time you chose to begin.

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

— LAO TZU

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius

and power and magic in it.— JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

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To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not

dare is to lose oneself.— SØREN KIERKEGAARD

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

— TONY ROBBINS

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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first

four sharpening the axe.— ABRAHAM LINCOLN

If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by

all means keep moving.— MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not

an act but a habit.— ARISTOTLE

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

— HENRY DAVID THOREAU

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The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance—

and then even the small steps and little victories along your path

will take on greater meaning.— OPRAH WINFREY

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the

seeds that you plant.— ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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THE TOP TEN QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOU TO NEVER GIVE UP

When we witness the success of others around us, we often fail to realize the setbacks and struggles that they had to overcome to get to where they are. But as those who have scaled the heights will tell you, the road to achievement is often paved with failures, and with pain. What separates those who ultimately succeed from those who don’t is not the frequency or even importance of these failures; it is the

ability to find insights in those obstacles, to heed those hard lessons with humility, and to harness those moments of adversity to help you develop the wisdom and resilience that will propel you forward on the journey to your dreams.

It’s time you learned to embrace the gifts of adversity, and remembered that every setback brings you closer to your goals.

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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

— WINSTON CHURCHILL

To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the

outcome, not the obstacles.— T.F. HODGE

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

— CONFUCIUS

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish

it. The time will pass anyway.— EARL NIGHTINGALE

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Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone

will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls.

— MAYA ANGELOU

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

— THOMAS EDISON

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

— SAMUEL BECKETT

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to learn.

— PEMA CHÖDRÖN

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Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will

not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will

not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and

determination alone are omnipotent.— CALVIN COOLIDGE

I never lose. I either win or learn.— NELSON MANDELA