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"The only way to be happy, is to give happy."
Category: Quotes
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In no particular order, here is a list of some of Chris Brady's best one-liner's of all time: Sometimes when you've found your purpose people will think you've lost your mind. Life has no rewind, but it is being recorded. Don't conform for critics, perform for fans. The only way to BE happy is to…
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Great coaches are necessary to help you think through whether you should think what you think you should think. There are seasons to success just as there are in LIFE. When it's harvest time, you'd better find yourself outstanding in your field. Win more when you win and lose less when you lose. Moving forward…
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C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus (61 – 114 A.D.), also known as Pliny the Younger, said "Multum, Non Multa." Translated, it says, "Much, not many." I am not sure what he meant by it or why he said it, after all, I'm no philologist. And, being as he's been dead a long time, I feel quite…
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Are you ready for something insightful and remarkably profound? Ever wonder why many people appear so happy to be enslaved, to one degree or another? Ever wonder why some folks seem to search out mundane jobs and then enjoy complaining about what a dead end they are? Author Steven Pressfield, the creative genius behind…
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Middle age is the time of life when work begins to be a lot less fun and fun begins to be a lot more work. The good old days are those days that I could master. The pace was slower and I was faster. Living in the past has its advantages – it's cheaper! It…
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People like to feel significant, especially if this does not involve much of an effort on their part. Only you can be yourself. No one else is qualified for the job, and you barely are yourself. People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. Experts agree…
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A sure way to stop a red-hot argument is to lay a few cold, hard facts on it. "Get your facts first; then you can distort 'em as you please." — Mark Twain The hardest thing about facts is facing them. Digging for facts is a better mental exercise than jumping to conclusions. "Fools have…
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"Nothing is easier than self-deceit because what each man wishes, he also believes to be true." – Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac "The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot wheel and said, "What a dust do I raise!" – Aesop, Fables "If any man thinks that he alone is wise – that in speech or…
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"Early in life, I decided that I would not be overcome by events. My philosophy has been that regardless of the circumstances, I shall not be vanquished, but will try to be happy. Life is not easy for any of us. But it is a continual challenge, and it is up to us to be…
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"The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, "This far and no farther." – Ludwig van Beethoven "When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes" – Thomas Edison "March on. Do not tarry. To…