"What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else's opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people's opinions control you."

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“Until you change how you get things done, you'll never know what works best.”

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“Be the kind of person who dares to face life's challenges and overcome them rather than dodging them.”

“Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities.”

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"We understand in the sun planet also there are varieties of living entities, but their bodies are made of fire. As our body is made of earth, similarly, their bodies are made of fire. There are five e…"

— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Philosophy1896–1977

#life

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— George Lucas

Business1840–1912

#justice

"So what’s happened since ’92, it’s where the administrations that changed quite dramatically, the foreign policy, and it was working more like pendulum, swinging from one side to the other. Clinton di…"

— Garry Kasparov

Politics1963

#time

"I think faith is important, it’s like a certain spine that you have. … It allows you to see things in a different light. To be calmer in certain situations, to be stronger in other situations, to be a…"

— Igor Vishnevetsky

Literature1964

#creativity