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If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.
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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
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I had to make my own living and my own opportunity.
But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
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IT'S PRETTY HARD for the Lord TO GUIDE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE UP YOUR MIND WHICH WAY TO GO.
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I could either watch it happen or be part of it.
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I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.
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You have only got three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you've got.
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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
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Perseverance is my motto.
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I am not satisfied in making money for myself.
I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.
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Your trial is temporary, but God’s Love is permanent.
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Take Charge Of Your Financial Future.
I believe investing small amounts each month in the stock market will give you financial freedom in the later years of your life.
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I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.
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Do something that makes you happy and makes you feel good about yourself.
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Happy relationships don't just happen. You make them happen.
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I've also learned that the biggest lessons came from my biggest mistakes.
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People tend to think that in order to start a new business they have to come up with something new and dazzling, but that's a myth - and it's often propagated by venture capitalists.
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Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose.
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Find something you love and do it better than everyone else.
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Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
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You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for the benefit of the race.
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There would be no hair growing business today had I not started it.
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Everything starts with a dream, a particle of our imagination that teases us of what the future could be like, as long as we fight for it.
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Your legacy is being written by yourself. Make the right decisions.
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People still stereotype all day long.
But if you forget your own age, you'll get so focused on the business that you become ultra-confident and people will forget to question how old you are.
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It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full.
Be grateful you have a glass - your the only person that can decide what's in it.
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No matter what you do, your job is to tell your story.
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If life gives you lemons, make apple juice and make people wonder how the hell you did it.
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You want to hire # entrepreneurs , people who are natural problem solvers -- the ones who see opportunity when most see impossibility.
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You quit, you lose. You keep going, you may still lose. But, your ambition will never die.
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I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South.
From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations....I have built my own factory on my own ground.
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If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it -- teach yourself to be impatient.
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Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough.
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If something is important enough, even if odds are against you, you should still do it.
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The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
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I'm too drunk to taste this chicken
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
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Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
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Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour work weeks and you’re putting in 100 hour work weeks, then even if you’re doing the same thing you know that you will achieve in 4 months what it takes them a year to achieve.
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You have only got three choices in life give up, give in, or give it all you've got.
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That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.
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Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back.
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My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough.
I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
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I want to die on Mars, just not on impact.
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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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You never regret taking a night to sleep on an emotional response.
But you do regret ones done in the moment.
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Life is too long to reject the opportunities in front of you every day.
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Adding a deadline and incorporating one or multiple forms of urgency will get more people to take action than would otherwise.
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We pay for every lesson with either time or money. And we use the currency we value least.
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It used to be that you had to come to Silicon Valley, walk up Sand Hill Road, network with individuals. That's now being completely changed and turned on its head by the whole ICO thing.
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We believe the most significant long-term application of bitcoin may be reducing the upfront cost of internet-connected devices to make them more accessible for the developing world.
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People want what they can’t have. People want what other people want. People want things only a select few have access to.
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You have to relinquish the frame of the victim, no matter how true it may be.
Whatever you point to as the oppressor, is the thing that you give your power to.
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A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.
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Do not give power to your excuses. Own your circumstances, because no one else will.
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Get real. You are not the star of the movie. Most of what happens around you isn’t about you at all. There are infinite numbers of other movies. In those, if you feature at all, you’re just a supporting actor. It would really help your happiness if you started to look at your life that way.