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What is defeat?

Photo by Artur Shamsutdinov on Unsplash What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better. Wendell Phillips
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We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out (Theodore Roosevelt)

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The things that hurt, instruct (Benjamin Franklin)

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Perception

Photo by Etienne Boulanger on Unsplash There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means. Ryan Holiday

Being and becoming

Photo by Eran Menashri on Unsplash The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen

The way it actually works is the reverse

Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you really need to do, in order to have what you want. Margaret Young

What's bad for the hive is bad for the bee (Marcus Aurelius)