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You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.


Tracy Kidder

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the same generosity
you give to others.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be generous with your
time and energy. The harder
it is to give, the more
the other p...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Recognise how much
you have to give.
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of being, it usually still requires
some doing if it is to b...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Commit to being happy and
make the choices that will
support your commitment.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be courageous in your
decision-making.
Stand by your choices
and never look back.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Don’t rely on the opinions of others.
Only you will know what is
right for you.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Unless you have the
courage to say ‘no’ to
the things you don’t want,
it’s ha...
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You can’t be the best
you can be unless you know
who you r...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI It’s easy to be brave when
everything is going your way.
When the going gets tough,
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI To be happy, you need to do
the right thing for you,
even when it feels like the
hard...
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granted. Be proactive about
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...
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your commitment, re-evaluate
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and you will have all the
encouragement you need.
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TRACY MORGAN Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.
BRIAN TRACY When you're in the spotlight, people want to dissect you and then put you back together the way ...
TRACY MORGAN Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy c...
TRACY MORGAN Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
BRIAN TRACY Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that e...
BRIAN TRACY I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs...
TRACY CHAPMAN Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are alway...
BRIAN TRACY To sit on Mike Gonzalez until the ninth inning might have put you in a position where you don't get ...
JIM TRACY The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it...
TRACY LETTS My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft...
TRACY MORGAN Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that...
TRACY MORGAN You have to be highly intelligent to get away with a dumb joke. That takes a pretty smart fella.
TRACY MORGAN I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was &...
TRACY CHAPMAN I was raised in a Baptist tradition, but then I went to an Episcopalian high school, and they were v...
TRACY CHAPMAN Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I'...
TRACY LETTS I'm not the least bit shy about suggesting things to my players that make a lot of sense. I don't th...
JIM TRACY I have some big shoes to fill. I am looking to hit it head on. Greenland has had a lot of success an...
TRACY SUTTON When I write a play, and we read it for the first time, the great fear is that everybody is going to...
TRACY LETTS The students really enjoyed the response from the adult day care center. I think that's when it real...
TRACY SMITH Faith is the only thing we have right now.
TRACY SMITH Kansas.gov provides a user-friendly gateway for citizens to efficiently interact with government. Th...
TRACY SMITH It's truly unbelievable. Remember, this is one of the beacons of New Orleans: the convention center!...
TRACY SMITH The schedule is something we wanted to address. We think with the addition of Miami (Fla.) and some ...
TRACY SMITH We're hoping that this will help with communication with staff, students and very much so with the p...
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