The document contains a collection of 30 inspiring quotes from various notable figures. The quotes provide words of encouragement and advice related to topics like happiness, opportunity, work, change, failure and success. The document was compiled by business author and consultant Bernard Marr and is intended to be a source of inspiration for readers.

1. 30
inspiring
Quotes

2. “Happiness is an attitude. We
either make ourselves
miserable, or happy and
strong. The amount of work is
the same.”
Carlos Castaneda
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3. “When one door of happiness
closes, another opens, but often we
look so long at the closed door that
we do not see the one that has been
opened for us .”
Helen Keller
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4. “You have brains in your
head. You have feet in your
shoes. You can steer yourself,
any direction you choose.”
Dr. Seuss
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5. “Your work is going to fill a large
part of your life, and the only way
to be truly satisfied is to do what
you believe is great work. And the
only way to do great work is to love
what you do.”
Steve Jobs
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6. “Instead of wondering when
your next vacation is, you
ought to set up a life you
don’t need to escape from.”
Seth Godin
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7. “The problem with the
rat race is that even if
you win, you’re still a
rat.”
Lily Tomlin
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8. “A man should never
neglect his family for
business.”
Walt Disney
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9. “Don’t say you don’t have enough
time. You have exactly the same
number of hours per day that were
given to Helen Keller, Pasteur,
Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea,
Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas
Jefferson, and Albert Einstein .”
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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10. “Someone once told me that ‘time’ is a
predator that stalks us all our lives.
But I rather believe that time is a
companion who goes with us on the
journey and reminds us to cherish
every moment because it will never
come again .”
Jean-Luc Picard
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11. “It is not the strongest of the
species that survive, nor the
most intelligent, but the one
most responsive to change.”
Charles Darwin
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12. “Opportunity is
missed by most people
because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like
work.”
Thomas Edison
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13. “You miss 100 percent
of the shots you don’t
take.”
Wayne Gretzky
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14. “Do or do not.
There is no try.”
Yoda
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15. “Those who say it can not
be done, should not
interrupt those doing it.”
Chinese Proverb
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16. “Whatever the mind of man can
conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Thoughts are things! And powerful
things at that, when mixed with
definiteness of purpose, and burning
desire, can be translated into riches.”
Napoleon Hill
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17. “You are not your
resume, you are
your work.”
Seth Godin
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18. “Far and away the best
prize that life offers is the
chance to work hard at
work worth doing.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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19. “Even if you are on the
right track, you’ll get
run over if you just sit
there.”
Will Rogers
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20. “Yesterday’s home
runs don’t win
today’s games.”
Babe Ruth
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21. “If you work just for money, you’ll
never make it, but if you love what
you’re doing and you always put
the customer first, success will be
yours.”
Ray Kroc
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22. “When writing the story
of your life, don’t let
anyone else hold the pen.”
Harley Davidson
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23. “A professional is
someone who can do his
best work when he doesn’t
feel like it.”
Alistair Cook
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24. “Happiness is not something
you postpone for the future; it
is something you design for
the present.”
Jim Rohn
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25. “Nothing can stop the man with
the right mental attitude from
achieving his goal; nothing on
earth can help the man with the
wrong mental attitude.”
Thomas Jefferson
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26. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in
my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games.
26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the
game winning shot and missed. I’ve
failed over and over and over again in
my life. And that is why I succeed .”
Michael Jordan
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27. “People inspire you or
they drain you - pick
them wisely.”
Hans F. Hansen
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28. “The Pessimist complains about
the wind. The optimist expects
it to change. The leader adjusts
the sails.”
John Maxwell
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29. “Whether you think you
can or whether you think
you can’t, you’re right!”
Henry Ford
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30. “When you change
your thoughts, you
change your world.”
Norman Vincent Peale
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31. “A man is but the
product of his thoughts.
What he thinks, he
becomes.”
Mahatma Gandhi
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32. I hope you find these quotes as inspiring as I
find them.
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33. About
This slide deck was put together by
Bernard Marr,
Founder and CEO of the Advanced Performance Institute.
Bernard Mar is a bestselling business author, keynote speaker, strategic performance
consultant, and analytics, KPI & Big Data guru. He helps companies with their big data
strategies and trains teams to better leverage data in their companies.
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