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Our destiny changes with our thoughts; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our thoughts correspond with our desires.

—Orison Swett Marsden

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes -- I already have everything that I really need.'

—The Dalai Lama

Find what you love to do. Find your passion. Know what makes you want to get up in the morning, that's all you need.

—Condoleeza Rice

The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one doubt or disbelief.

—Eileen Caddy

Plan your hours to be productive. Plan your weeks to be educational. Plan your years to be purposeful. Plan your life to be an experience of growth. Plan to change. Plan to grow.

—Iyanla Vanzant

We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate...Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realizing our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.

—Christopher Reeve

Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.

—Meryl Streep