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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
On Starting Over
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
On Purpose
The end of education is character.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
On Focus & Distraction
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
— Cesar Chavez
On Starting Over
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community.
— Cesar Chavez
On the Working Life
Real wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind.
— Cesar Chavez
On Money, Plainly
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in ret…
— Nelson Mandela
On Purpose
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.
— Nelson Mandela
On Discipline
I learned to have the patience to listen. I grew up listening to the elders of my tribe.
— Nelson Mandela
On Focus & Distraction
Difficulties break some men but make others.
— Nelson Mandela
On Starting Over
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
— Nelson Mandela
On Money, Plainly
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
— Nelson Mandela
On Confidence
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory.
— Nelson Mandela
On the Working Life
I will not be triumphed over.
— Cleopatra
On Confidence
We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
— Anaïs Nin
On Purpose
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive.
— Anaïs Nin
On Purpose
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
— Anaïs Nin
On Starting Over
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
— Anaïs Nin
On Focus & Distraction
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
— William Bruce Cameron
On Focus & Distraction
I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself.
— Albert Einstein
On Starting Over
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
— Josh Billings
On Discipline
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
— John Wooden
On Starting Over
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
— John Wooden
On Discipline
Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
— Satchel Paige
On Confidence
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
— Satchel Paige
On Focus & Distraction
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
— Satchel Paige
On Purpose
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
— Mark Twain
On Focus & Distraction
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
— Mark Twain
On Focus & Distraction
Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.
— Mark Twain
On the Working Life
Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
— Mark Twain
On Discipline