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As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial. ↗

— Criss Jami

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Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#determination #hard-work #inspirational #patience #persistence

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form. ↗

— Raymond Carver

#work #work-ethic #writing #inspirational

You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to your reflexes - that means your [preparation:]. That's where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, well, you're going to get found out now, under the bright lights. ↗

— Joe Frazier

#inspirational-success-failure #motivation #under-the-bright-lights #work-ethic #working-out

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life. ↗

— Jim Collins

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We let ourselves loose on that simple blank piece of paper, and our bodies spill. The terror, the love…embodying our stories page after page. In a sense, the pen was our tongue, it is how we delineate the world. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#jamie-weise #journaling #love #overcoming #pages

If you don’t take the time to get really clear about exactly what it is you’re trying to accomplish, then you’re forever doomed to spend your life achieving the goals of those who do. ↗

— Steve Pavlina

#inspirational #working #inspirational

If you don't burn out at the end of each day, you're a bum. ↗

— George Lois

#inspiration #motivation #inspirational

choose a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life ↗

— Confucius

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If you have a painting in you, paint. If you have a song to sing, sing. Don’t judge your creation. Just create it. Banish doubt and fear and step out of your own way if you have to. Write if you’re a writer and invent if you’re an inventor. Do what you were born to do. Only then will you know a remarkable life. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#inspiration #life #talents #work #inspirational