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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. Eighty percent of success is showing up.

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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. Change your thoughts and you change your world. First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself–the invisible battles inside all of us–that's where it's at. The quickest way to get someone to hate you is to try to get them to like you. Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.