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Austin Neill
Read This When You Need To Remember That You Are The Master Of Your Own Destiny
At the end of the day, you alone are responsible for your own fulfillment.
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You can have all the faith you want in spirits and the afterlife, heaven and hell, but when it comes to the world, don't be an idiot, because you can tell me that you put your faith in God to get through the day but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.
—
Dr. Gregory House
(Hugh Laurie)
,
House
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Season 1
:
Damned If You Do
Faith
Religion
Belief
After-Life
Self-Direction
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Patient:
Times changes everything.
House:
That's what people say. It's not true. Doing things changes things. Not doing things leaves things exactly as they were.
—
Dr. Gregory House
(Hugh Laurie)
,
House
,
Season 3
:
One Day, One Room
Time
Change
Taking Action
Self-Direction
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You don’t get anything you want by subscribing to the social rules of today.
—
Ryan O'Connell
,
You Need To Go After The Things You Want
Desire
Society
Change
Empowering
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The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.
—
Paulo Coelho
,
The Pilgrimage
Time
Commitment
motivation
Empowering
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The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.
—
Paulo Coelho
,
The Pilgrimage
Time
Commitment
motivation
Empowering
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Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.
—
Carlos Castaneda
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No Title
strength
character
perseverance
Self-Development
Self-Direction
motivation
Inspirational
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One of the unique things about the human brain is that it can do only what it thinks it can do.
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Deepak Chopra
,
Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being
Brain
minds
Consciousness
Will Power
Self-Direction
Reality
Perception
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Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.
—
Steve Maraboli
,
Life, The Truth, and Being Free
Change
Power
Control
Self-Direction
Inspirational
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I thought it would all fall into place. I’ve changed my mind. Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions.
—
Mhairi McFarlane
,
You Had Me At Hello
Life
Challenge
Change
Decisions
Self-Direction
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Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.
—
Deepak Chopra
,
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Desire
Lust
Fulfillment
Self-Direction
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You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.
—
Deepak Chopra
,
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
impossible
Self-Direction
Determination
Perserverance
Change
Trusting Yourself
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The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.
—
Steve Maraboli
,
Life, the Truth, and Being Free: Anniversary Edition
Action
Taking Action
Self-Direction
Fate
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When you make a choice, you change the future.
—
Deepak Chopra
,
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Choices
Change
The future
Decisions
Self-Direction
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When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.
—
Chuck Palahniuk
,
Invisible Monsters: A Novel
Future
Past
Narrative
Self-Concept
Autonomy
Self-Direction
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If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.
—
Chuck Palahniuk
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Choke
Self-Direction
Desire
Passion
Apathy
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We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.
—
Chuck Palahniuk
,
Choke
ENFP
ENTP
Change
Revolutionary
Self-Direction
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The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.
—
Deepak Chopra
,
The Way Of The Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want
Creativity
Self-Direction
Self-improvement
Growing Up
Self-Concept
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If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.
—
Lemony Snicket
,
A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 Book Series)
Waiting
Taking Action
Self-Direction
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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say No to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger Yes burning inside. The enemy of the best is often the good.
—
Stephen R Covey
,
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
Priorities
Self-Direction
Making Decisions
Staying Focused
Determination
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Stop wallowing and remember: the more decisions you make, the more your life is your own.
—
Alina Simone
,
Note to Self
Wallowing
Self-Pity
Decisiveness
Autonomy
Self-Direction
Personal Growth
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At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.
—
Paulo Coelho
,
The Alchemist
Fate
Destiny
Empowering
Self-Direction
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At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.
—
Paulo Coelho
,
The Alchemist
Fate
Destiny
Empowering
Self-Direction
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That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.
—
Paulo Coelho
,
The Zahir
Letting Go
Change
Starting Over
Consequence
Blame
Empowering
Self-Direction
Fate
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It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
—
J.K. Rowling
,
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Choices
Self-Direction
Abilities
character
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Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.
—
Paulo Coelho
,
Eleven Minutes
Taking Risks
Failure
Advice
Judging Others
Self-Direction
Empowering
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Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.
—
Paulo Coelho
,
Eleven Minutes
Taking Risks
Failure
Advice
Judging Others
Self-Direction
Empowering
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When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
—
Evelyn Waugh
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No Title
Limitations
Self-Direction
Self-Pity
Personal Growth
Motivational
Self-awareness
Self-Development
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I know people who have been stuck in doubt their entire lifetime. Each of these unfortunate individuals – some of them my very own friends and family – came at some point to a crossroads. They came to this crossroads and found themselves rooted there, with one foot firmly planted on each side of the intersection. Alas, they never moved off the dime. They procrastinated. Dithered. Finally, they put a folding chair smack in the center of that crossroads and lived there for the rest of their lives. After a while, they forgot entirely that there even was a crossroads – forgot that there was a choice.
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Stephen Cope
,
The Great Work Of Your Life
Decision-Making
Crossroads
Decisiveness
Life
Direction
Making Choices
Self-Direction
Decision Paralysis
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Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.
—
Kyle Chandler
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No Title
Opportunity
Self-Direction
Success
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I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never make it at all.
—
Brian Tracy
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No Title
Success
Successful People
Motivational
motivation
Self-Direction
Self-improvement
Decisions
Independence
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Find out who you are and then do it on purpose.
—
Dolly Parton
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No Title
character
Self-Development
Self-Direction
Finding Yourself
Self-awareness
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I’m going to find a way to be happy, and I’d really love to be happy with you, but if I can’t be happy with you, then I’ll find a way to be happy without you.
—
Randy Pausch
,
The Last Lecture
Happiness
Love
Self-Sufficiancy
Being Alone
Alone
Relationships
Self-Worth
Empowering
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Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.
—
Blair Waldorf
,
Gossip Girl
Destiny
Fate
Love
Life
Self-Direction
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If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.
—
Lemony Snicket
,
A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Ersatz Elevator
Waiting
Taking Action
motivation
Self-Direction
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The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it.
—
Cheryl Strayed
,
Tiny, Beautiful Things: Advice On Life And Love From Dear Sugar
Love
Fighting
Life
Empowering
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