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Helen Keller

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

Topic: Goals
Location: Yellowstone National Park
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. — Helen Keller

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The highest result of education is tolerance. — Helen Keller

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. — Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars…or sailed to an uncharted land…or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. — Helen Keller

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The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision. — Helen Keller

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Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. — Helen Keller

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I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud. — Helen Keller

I can see, and that is why I can be so happy, in what you call the dark. But which to me is golden, I can see a God-made world, not a man-made world. — Helen Keller

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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. — Andrew Carnegie

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The destiny of the colored American ...is the destiny of America. — Frederick Douglass

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There is very little difference in people. But that difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. — W. Clement Stone

You cannot succeed without failure. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue. — Rochefoucauld

Words pay no debts. To fear the worst oft cures the worse. — William Shakespeare

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. — Henry David Thoreau

Poverty is the worst form of violence. — Mohandas Gandhi

A turtle travels only when it sticks its neck out. — Korean Proverb

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A great flame follows a little spark. — Dante

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Inherently, each one of us has the substance within to achieve whatever our goals and dreams define. What is missing from each of us is the training, education, knowledge and insight to utilize what we already have. — Mark Twain

You're never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — C. S. Lewis

Content makes poor men rich; discontent rich men poor. — Benjamin Franklin

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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

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It is not the strength but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen. — Nelson Mandela

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. — Albert Einstein

Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. — J. C. Penney

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? — Vincent van Gogh

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An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied. — Arnold Glasow

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I was tired, I was hungry, I was everything but discouraged. — Booker T. Washington

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting the first one. — Mark Twain

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Beware of what you set your heart upon for it shall surely be yours. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. — Seneca

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One can have no surrender or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. — Leonardo da Vinci

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is nothing like a dream to create the future. — Victor Hugo

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I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Decision Goals Purpose Vision

Definiteness of purpose can, and should, so completely occupy the mind that one has no time or space in the mind for thoughts of failure.” — Napoleon Hill

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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. — Voltaire

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However brilliant an action is should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive. — Rochefoucauld

Action Goals Purpose

Big goals require small actions. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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