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It is easy to blame your lot in life on some outside force, to stop trying because you believe fate is against you. It is easy to think that where you were raised, how your parents treated you, or what school you went to is all that determines your future. Nothing could be further from the truth. The common people and the great men and women are all defined by how they deal with lifes unfairness: Helen Keller, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Hawking, Malala Yousafzai, andMoki Martin. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, no matter how good you are, you still end up as a sugar cookie. Dont complain. Dont blame it on your misfortune. Stand tall, look to the future, and drive on!
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Life is a struggle and the potential for failure is ever present, but those who live in fear of failure, or hardship, or embarrassment will never achieve their potential. Without pushing your limits, without occasionally sliding down the rope headfirst, without daring greatly, you will never know what is truly possible in your life.
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None of us are immune from lifes tragic moments. Like the small rubber boat we had in basic SEAL training, it takes a team of good people to get you to your destination in life. You cannot paddle the boat alone. Find someone to share your life with. Make as many friends as possible, and never forget that your success depends on others.
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I realized that the past failures had strengthened me, taught me that no one is immune from mistakes. True leaders must learn from their failures, use the lessons to motivate themselves, and not be afraid to try again or make the next tough decision.
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Hope is the most powerful force in the universe.
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Making my bed correctly was not going to be an opportunity for praise. It was expected of me. It was my first task of the day, and doing it right was important. It demonstrated my discipline. It showed my attention to detail, and at the end of the day it would be a reminder that I had done something well, something to be proud of, no matter how small the task.
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You cannot paddle the boat alone. Find someone to share your life with. Make as many friends as possible, and never forget that your success depends on others.
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The common people and the great men and women are all defined by how they deal with lifes unfairness: Helen Keller, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Hawking, Malala Yousafzai, andMoki Martin. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, no matter how good you are, you still end up as a sugar cookie. Dont complain. Dont blame it on your misfortune. Stand tall, look to the future, and drive on!
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Bullies are all the same, whether they are in the schoolyard, in the workplace, or ruling a country through terror. They thrive on fear and intimidation. Bullies gain their strength through the timid and faint of heart. They are like sharks who sense fear in the water. They will circle to see if their prey is struggling. They will probe to see if their victim is weak. If you don't find the courage to stand your ground, they will strike. In life, to achieve your goals, to complete the night swim, you will have to be men and women of great courage. That courage is within all of us. Dig deep and you will find it in abundance.
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At some point we will all confront a dark moment in life. If not the passing of a loved one, then something else that crushes your spirit and leaves you wondering about your future. In that dark moment, reach deep inside yourself and be your very best.
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start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often. But if you take some risks, step up when times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden, and never, ever give up
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those who live in fear of failure, or hardship, or embarrassment will never achieve their potential.
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without daring greatly, you will never know what is truly possible in your life.
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In life you will face a lot of Circuses. You will pay for your failures. But, if you persevere, if you let those failures teach you and strengthen you, then you will be prepared to handle lifes toughest moments.
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If you want to change the world be your very best in the darkest moments.
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Our goal, which we believed to be honorable and noble, gave us courage. And courage is a remarkable quality. Nothing and nobody can stand in your way. Without it, others will define your path forward. Without it, you are at the mercy of life's temptations. Without courage, men will be ruled by tyrants and despots. Without courage, no great society can flourish. Without courage, the bullies of the world rise up. With it, you can accomplish any goal. With it, you can defy and defeat evil.
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Quitting never makes anything easier.
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It is easy to blame your lot in life on some outside force, to stop trying because you believe fate is against you. It is easy to think that where you were raised, how your parents treated you, or what school you went to is all that determines your future. Nothing could be further from the truth. The common people and the great men and women are all defined by how they deal with lifes unfairness:
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Hope is the most powerful force in the universe. With hope you can inspire nations to greatness. With hope you can raise up the downtrodden. With hope you can ease the pain of unbearable loss. Sometimes all it takes is one person to make a difference.
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They all understood that life is hard and that sometimes there is little you can do to affect the outcome of your day.
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Sometimes no matter how hard you try, no matter how good you are, you still end up as a sugar cookie. Dont complain. Dont blame it on your misfortune. Stand tall, look to the future, and drive on!
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True leaders must learn from their failures, use the lessons to motivate themselves, and not be afraid to try again or make the next tough decision.
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Throughout my career, I always had great respect for the British Special Air Service, the famed SAS. The SAS motto was Who Dares Wins. The motto was so widely admired that even moments before the bin Laden raid, my Command Sergeant Major, Chris Faris, quoted it to the SEALs preparing for the mission. To me the motto was more than about how the British special forces operated as a unit; it was about how each of us should approach our lives. Life is a struggle and the potential for failure is ever present, but those who live in fear of failure, or hardship, or embarrassment will never achieve their potential. Without pushing your limits, without occasionally sliding down the rope headfirst, without daring greatly, you will never know what is truly possible in your life.
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If you want to change the world start singing when youre up to your neck in mud.
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With one final flip the quarter flew high into the air and came down on the mattress with a light bounce. It jumped several inches off the bed, high enough for the instructor to catch it in his hand. Swinging around to face me, the instructor looked me in the eye and nodded. He never said a word. Making my bed correctly was not going to be an opportunity for praise. It was expected of me. It was my first task of the day, and doing it right was important. It demonstrated my discipline. It showed my attention to detail, and at the end of the day it would be a reminder that I had done something well, something to be proud of, no matter how small the task. Throughout my life in the Navy, making my bed was the one constant that I could count on every day. As a young SEAL ensign aboard the USS Grayback, a special operation submarine, I was berthed in sick bay, where the beds were stacked four high. The salty old doctor who ran sick bay insisted that I make my rack every morning. He often remarked that if the beds were not made and the room was not clean, how could the sailors expect the best medical care? As I later found out, this sentiment of cleanliness and order applied to every aspect of military life. Thirty years later, the Twin Towers came down in New York City. The Pentagon was struck, and brave Americans died in an airplane over Pennsylvania. At the time of the attacks, I was recuperating in my home from a serious parachute accident. A hospital bed had been wheeled into my government quarters, and I spent most of the day lying on my back, trying to recover. I wanted out of that bed more than anything else. Like every SEAL I longed to be with my fellow warriors in the fight. When I was finally well enough to lift myself unaided from the bed, the first thing I did was pull the sheets up tight, adjust the pillow, and make sure the hospital bed looked presentable to all those who entered my home. It was my way of showing that I had conquered the injury and was moving forward with my life. Within four weeks of 9/11, I was transferred to the White House, where I spent the next two years in the newly formed Office of Combatting Terrorism. By October 2003, I was in Iraq at our makeshift headquarters on the Baghdad airfield. For the first few months we slept on Army cots. Nevertheless, I would wake every morning, roll up my sleeping bag, place the pillow at the head of the cot, and get ready for the day.
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Life is full of difficult times. But someone out there always has it worse than you do. If you fill your days with pity, sorrowful for the way you have been treated, bemoaning your lot in life, blaming your circumstances on someone or something else, then life will be long and hard. If, on the other hand, you refuse to give up on your dreams, stand tall and strong against the oddsthen life will be what you make of itand you can make it great.
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If you want to change the world measure a person by the size of their heart.
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If you want to change the world dont be afraid of The Circus.
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If you want to change the world slide down the obstacle headfirst.
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Remember start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often. But if you take some risks, step up when times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden, and never, ever give upif you do these things, then you can change your life for the better and maybe the world!
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person to make a difference. We will all find ourselves neck deep in mud someday. That is the time to sing loudly, to smile broadly, to lift up those around you and give them hope that tomorrow will be a better day.
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If you want to change the world dont ever, ever ring the bell.
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I know that anything I achieved in my life was a result of others who have helped me along the way.
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If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.
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You will pay for your failures. But, if you persevere, if you let those failures teach you and strengthen you, then you will be prepared to handle lifes toughest moments.
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Without courage, men will be ruled by tyrants and despots. Without courage, no great society can flourish. Without courage, the bullies of the world rise up. With it, you can accomplish any goal. With it, you can defy and defeat evil.
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You cant avoid The Circus. At some point we all make the list. Dont be afraid of The Circus.
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Remember start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often. But if you take some risks, step up when times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden, and never, ever give upif you do these things, then you can change your life for the better and maybe the world!
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Who Dares Wins.
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Life is a struggle and the potential for failure is ever present, but those who live in fear of failure, or hardship, or embarrassment will never achieve their potential. Without pushing your
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it takes a team of good people to get you to your destination in life. You cannot paddle the boat alone. Find someone to share your life with. Make as many friends as possible, and never forget that your success depends on others.
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But let me tell you something, he said. If you quit, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
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Find someone to share your life with. Make as many friends as possible, and never forget that your success depends on others.
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If you want to change the world get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward.
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Es fcil responsabilizar a alguna fuerza externa por lo que te toca en la vida y dejar de esforzarte porque crees que el destino est en tu contra. Es fcil pensar que el sitio donde creciste, la manera en que te trataron tus padres o la escuela a la que asististe son todo lo que determina tu futuro. Nada podra estar ms alejado de la verdad. Las personas comunes y corrientes, as como los hombres y mujeres extraordinarios, se definen por la manera en que lidian con las injusticias de la vida: Helen Keller, Nelson Mandela, Stephen Hawking, Malala Yousafzai y Moki Martin. A veces, sin importar cunto te esfuerces, sin importar lo bueno o buena que seas, terminas convirtindote en una galleta azucarada. No te quejes. No culpes a tu mala suerte. Prate derecho, mira hacia el futuro y sigue adelante!
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Sometimes no matter how well you prepare or how well you perform you still end up as a sugar cookie. Its just the way life is sometimes. If you want to change the world, get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward.
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Life is filled with circuses. You will fail. You will likely fail often. It will be painful. It will be discouraging. At times it will test you to your very core.
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la vida no es justa y mientras ms rpido lo averige, mejor le ir.
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courage, and courage is a remarkable quality.
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Es fcil responsabilizar a alguna fuerza externa por lo que te toca en la vida y dejar de esforzarte porque crees que el destino est en tu contra. Es fcil pensar que el sitio donde creciste, la manera en que te trataron tus padres o la escuela a la que asististe son todo lo que determina tu futuro. Nada podra estar ms alejado de la verdad.
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most aggressive man-eater in the ocean. Prior to our swim, the SEAL instructors had given us a briefing on all the potential threats we might encounter that night. There were leopard sharks, mako sharks, hammerhead sharks, thresher sharks, but the one we feared the most was the great white.
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Durante esos meses en el extranjero, utilic mi fracaso anterior como motivacin para trabajar ms y mejor que cualquier otro elemento del pelotn. No siempre logr ser el mejor, pero jams dej de dar mi mximo esfuerzo.
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If you want to change the world dont back down from the sharks.
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way. Without it, others will define your path forward. Without it, you are at the mercy of lifes temptations. Without courage, men will be ruled by tyrants and despots. Without courage, no great society can flourish. Without courage, the bullies of the world rise up. With it, you can accomplish any goal. With it, you can defy and defeat evil.
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Ninguno de nosotros est a salvo de los momentos trgicos de la vida. Al igual que la pequea balsa de goma que nos dieron en el entrenamiento bsico SEAL, se necesita de un equipo de buenos elementos para llegar al destino que se tiene en la vida. No puedes remar t solo. Encuentra a alguien con quien compartir tu vida, haz tantos amigos como puedas y jams olvides que tu xito depende de los dems.
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Me di cuenta de que los fracasos anteriores me haban fortalecido, me haban enseado que nadie es inmune a los errores. Los verdaderos lderes aprenden de sus fracasos, utilizan esas lecciones para motivarse a s mismos y no temen volver a intentarlo ni tomar la siguiente decisin difcil.
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estaba bien! La vida est llena de momentos difciles, pero all afuera siempre hay alguien a quien le est yendo peor que a ti. Si llenas tus das de autocompasin, de tristeza por la manera en que la suerte te ha tratado y responsabilizas de tus circunstancias a algo o a alguien ms, tu vida va a ser larga y muy difcil. Si, por el contrario, te niegas a renunciar a tus sueos y te mantienes fuerte y tenaz contra adversidad, la vida se convertir en aquello que t decidas y podrs hacerla maravillosa. Nunca, pero nunca, toques esa campana!
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feigned
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against the nation. Bullies are all the same; whether they are in the school yard, in the workplace, or ruling a country through terror. They thrive on fear and intimidation. Bullies gain their strength through the timid and faint of heart. They are like sharks that sense fear in the water. They will circle to see if their prey is struggling. They will probe to see if their victim is weak. If you dont find the courage to stand your ground, they will strike. In life, to achieve your goals, to complete the night swim, you will have to be men and women of great courage. That courage is within all of us. Dig deep, and you will find it in abundance.
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La vida es una contienda y el potencial de fracaso est siempre presente, pero aquellos que viven con temor al fracaso, a las dificultades o a la vergenza, jams alcanzarn su mximo potencial. Si no desafas tus lmites, si no te deslizas de cabeza de vez en cuando, si no arriesgas en grande, jams sabrs lo que verdaderamente puedes lograr en la vida.
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