quotes i've written down during my odyssey
09.19.2026
"Set a goal so big that you can't achieve it until you grow into the person who can."
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09.18.2026
"Your choices are made in a moment, but their consequences will transcend a lifetime."
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09.17.2026
"No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined."
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09.16.2026
"One of the most important things you can do for your family is to simply take proper care of your physical and mental health. If you can just be the high-energy, mentally clear, calm, supportive, joyful version of yourself, you are already providing a lot of value every day."
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09.15.2026
"Why mess around with the milk of easy thinking when we can plunge into the meat of issues that great thinkers have wrestled with over the centuries?"
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09.14.2026
"Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead."
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09.12.2026
"You have to be in touch with your mind, body and spirit to live the life you are meant to. What you do today creates every tomorrow. You must feed your mind with thoughts and ideas that open you to greater possibilities. When you stop learning, you cease to grow."
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09.10.2026
"The way you view yourself is the only thing you need to change to change your life."
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09.09.2026
"The world rewards those of us who are courageous enough to stop waiting and to start."
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09.08.2026
"To see a man not beaten by a better opponent, but by himself, is a tragedy."
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09.07.2026
"Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune."
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09.06.2026
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
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09.05.2026
"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success."
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09.04.2026
"Attachment to outcome is denial of one's true commitment to self. The great mistake is anticipating the outcome of an engagement."
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09.03.2026
"New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results."
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09.01.2026
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
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08.31.2026
"How will my story end? We all share something in common - our stories will one day end. Like any good author, if we spend time on the details and crafting the events and characters to our story, we will have a higher probability for the ending we desire."
"Reflect and understand what a life well-lived looks like for you. We have already prioritized time to understand the elements forming our story thus far: the characters, events, and ultimately the loose pages on our desk. Now it's time to pull it all together."
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08.30.2026
“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
if we (specifically 🇺🇸) could have actually learned the lessons we desperately need to learn from Hayden's story before what happened this month, it could have been the most profound transformation of the catchphrase that helped her become a superstar:
save the cheerleader, save the world
rest in paradise, Hayden
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08.28.2026
“Life is not a problem to be solved. Just remember to have something that keeps you busy doing what you love while being surrounded by the people who love you.”
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08.27.2026
“There is nothing worth doing that is not scary. There is no one who has achieved greatness without wrestling with their own doubts, anxieties, limitations, and demons.”
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08.26.2026
“Maybe the best way to apologize for something is to make a change as a result of your mistake.”
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08.25.2026
“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you’re not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you’re denying yourself an extraordinary trip.”