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Bruce Lee

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

Topic: Confidence, Expectations
Location: Hawaii, Maui
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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Decide whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is; stop worrying. — Amelia Earhart

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Never bend your head, always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face. — Helen Keller

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As is our confidence, so is our capacity. — William Hazlitt

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It's the empty can that makes the most noise. — Dutch Proverb

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I’ll not budge an inch. — William Shakespeare

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You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me. — Helen Keller

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. — Benjamin Franklin

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Better to be despised for anxious apprehensions, than be ruined by too confident a security. — Edmund Burke

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Never doubt your efforts—one person can make an enormous difference. — Nelson Mandela

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Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual. You have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. — Rochefoucauld

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According as the man is, so must you humor him. — Terence

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When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure. — George Eliot

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Raise expectations to improve performance. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Nothing is as harmful as expectations.

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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. — Zig Ziglar

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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well. — Buddha

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