2013 TKR: Quick Quotes about independence

Quick Quotes about independence
Self-help--Thinkerer
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• The reason quotes stick around is that they fit lots of things.  
• So look them over.  
• You may find one that fits you.  
• Or somebody you know.

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• You are the author of your life.
• Self-improvement is not a duty but an opportunity. 
• You are what you choose to do.
• To pay for success, you may have to tax your brain. 
• Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who have found it.

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• You are dedicating your life to become something. Do you know what it is? 
• Use the cues or the cues will use you. 
• The language of complaint starts with they. The language of solutions starts with I. 
• Your only power to control the future lies in what you do now. 
• Who manages what you should do? 

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• All your solutions start with you. 
• When you work for yourself, you never work by the hour. 
• Many think of changing the world. Who thinks of changing himself? 
• Individualists of the world, unite! 
• I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam.–Popeye. 

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• My very own dead mouse. A principle easily grasped by a puppy. 
• You shall be as God, knowing good and evil.–The Serpent. 
• If the ancients were so smart, how come they are all dead? 
• We have met the enemy and he is us. -- Pogo
• I am not a label. I am a person. 

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• Don’t try to stand out in the crowd. Stand somewhere else.
• You are not responsible for everything. That’s my job.–God. 
• You have to stand for something or you will fall for anything. 
• You gave your life to become the person you are right now. Was it worth it? 
• Everybody's job is nobody's job. 

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• Explanations don't fix things. They help you feel better at not fixing things. 
• Never buy the other fellow’s deal. 
• Curse the darkness one in a while. See what it does for you. 
• Nobody else can go there for you. You gotta go there by yourself. 
• It is enough to be responsible for yourself. 

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• You've got to cross that lonesome valley. You've got to cross it by yourself. 
• The function of guilt is to relieve you of responsibility. 
• And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame. 
• We don’t just learn the rules, we make the rules. 
• If you seek the unity of life, do not seek on the mountain top. Seek in the midst of life.

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• Your success lies not in satisfying others but in satisfying yourself. 
• The best way to predict the future is to invent it. 
• Do you know the difference between "I can't do it" and "I can't do it yet?" 
• Self-discipline is an illusion produced by engineering the job. 
• My best work is what I’m doing now.

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• Firemen go into a building just when everybody else is running out. 
• No matter who is your boss, work to standards that satisfy you. 
• Nobody gives you power. You take power. Or not. Your choice. 
• You don't ask a juggler which ball is the highest priority. Success is to do it all. 
• Luke Skywalker: I'll try. Yoda: No. Do. Or do not. There is no try. 

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• Success in being a good follower lies in picking the right leader.
• First law of expertise: Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
• If you follow in the footsteps of the wise ones, you will find only footsteps.
• To find what the wise ones found, you must seek what they sought.
• You are your most important product.

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• Choosing your goal is the first gate to motivation.
• You are only independent when you choose your own goals.
• It all starts with you. 
• You are only independent when you solve your own problems.
• Success is making a living from what you like to do.
• The greatest view is the fan of possibilities.

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• "I'll pray for you." Religious term meaning "Don't expect any help from me."
• "Good luck." Secular term meaning "I'll pray for you."
• Independence never comes from asking other people what you should do. 
• You learn more from what you do than from what you are told.
• If you don't know where you are going, you may not like it when you get there.

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