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«The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts to work as soon as you are born and doesn't stop until you get up to deliver a speech.»
«Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment»
«Of course I'm flattered to be compared to Pele, but Pele only left the playing fields after scoring 1,000 goals and I'm just getting started.»
«I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.»
«I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.»
«Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.»
«The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.»
«A funny thing to do is, if you're out hiking and your friend gets bitten by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going to go for help, then go about ten feet and pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with him about who's going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke.»
«Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started»
Author: Proverb | About: Success | Keywords: distance, Getting started, started, traveled
«Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.»
Author: Theodore Roosevelt (President) | About: Age | Keywords: age, Getting started, old age, start