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Not knowing what to do with your life is a painful thing.

Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to.

Not the kind of person, who believes that it is best to believe, that what happened, happened as it should happen when things don't come as expected.

Not that I would not, if I could, be both handsome ...and well-dressed, and a great athlete, and make a million a year, be a wit, a bon-vivant, and a lady-killer, as well as a philosopher; a philanthropist, statesman, warrior, and African explorer, as well as a ‘tone poet’ and saint. But the thing is simply impossible…Such different characters may conceivably at the outset of life be alike possible to a man. But to make any one of them actual, the rest must more or less be suppressed. So the seeker of his truest, strongest, deepest self must review the list carefully, and pick out the one on which to stake his salvation. All other selves thereupon become unreal…

Not understanding something must not turn us away from God, his ways, or purposes; rather it must be an opportunity to turn our measure of faith into a sacrifice of trust.

Nourish your reasoning skills my friend, they are the most effective tool you can ever have in the path of progress.

Now here is the good news: while it's true that none of us can know everything, we can all know more tomorrow than we do today

Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too.

Not the kind of person, who believes that it is best to believe "what happened, happened as it should happen" when things don't come as expected.

Nowadays, the concept of love is greatly trampled because there is too much permissibility.

Nous devenons pareils à l’idéal que nous portons en notre cœur.

Now is the right time for you to become excellent. By taking action on your dreams of excellence, you start polishing the rough diamond you are. As you buff and shine yourself with practice, sparkling success becomes yours.

Now is your time. Make excellence your goal. Let success be your destiny.

Nurture your great spirit for a great self.

No work you'll ever complete; no project you'll ever attempt; no skill you'll ever master; no book you'll ever write; no race you'll ever run; no sculpture you'll ever create; no task you'll ever perform; no structure you'll ever build; nothing you will ever do -- is more important than the life you shape one day at a time.

Nurture your originality, don’t ever bury it away.

Obstacles are opportunities turned upside down...or prisons self-imposed.

Observation is awakening to revelation of life!

Of course, competition against others is there, but it should serve to challenge you. To show you how well other people are competing against themselves.

Of course I contradict myself. Why else would I hold things in and put the fire out?

Often the issue is not that you don't have what the capacity to change the situation you are in. The real issue is your lack of awareness that you already have what it takes

Often the issue is not that you don’t have the capacity to change the situation you are in. The real issue is your lack of awareness that you already have what it takes

Occasionally during the day, ask yourself: "How am I doing today and what can I do to do a better job?

Often it’s not we who shape words, but the words we use that shape us.

O melhor que podemos fazer pelos outros é cuidar de nossas próprias vidas. Quanto mais nos esforçarmos para resolver nossos problemas, mais seremos capazes de entender os esforços das pessoas que nos cercam; quanto melhores nos tornarmos, mais inspiradoras serão nossas vidas, mais faremos bem para quem gosta de nós de verdade; pois talvez, enquanto não temos super poderes, a forma de sermos heróis de quem amamos é tendo uma vida inspiradora o suficiente para significar algo para alguém.

Oh, hun, you deserve to love yourself a whole lot better!

Om is that God of love. Like a loving mother Om cleans us of our clutters collected through many incarnations.

Once a day....call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.

Om is the things, Om is the ingredient, Om is the container and the content of this universe.

Once motivated, we likely perform better and succeed faster when we receive encouragement.

Once people can begin to articulate something specific that they can do, take responsibility for and control, a sense of choice begins to take root, and they move from being a spectator to a participant.

Once you cross the threshold, you will never be the same. That is a fact.

Once we know, we’re empowered.

Once you admit to yourself that you are or aren't something, then you can begin searching for the reason why," Deuce went on. "And once you've found that, you can begin to take steps toward making it better. So, tell yourself you're an asshole, stop being an asshole, your problem's solved," Deuce said in a pleased voice.

One best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

One Crack On A Mirror Can Ruin The Beauty of It But Most Importantly, It Ruins The Reflection of The Individual, By Making It Twisted, Zigzag And Ugly. Character Is Like A Mirror. So Build Your Character In Such A Way That It Reflects All The Good In Others Who Follows You Or Treat You As An Idol....

One hour a day withdrawn from frivolous pursuits and profitably employed would enable any man of ordinary capacity to master a complete science. One hour a day would in ten years make an ignorant man a well-informed man…In an hour a day, a boy or girl could read twenty pages thoughtfully—over seven thousand pages, or eighteen large volumes in a year. An hour a day might make all the difference between bare existence and useful, happy living. An hour a day might make—nay, has made—an unknown man a famous one, a useless man a benefactor to his race.

One major way to avoid shifting blames unto other people is to accept and agree that the efforts that turn the loads of your self- improvement have to turn on your own pivot.

One of my colleagues in Duke, Ralph Keeney, noted that America's top killer isn't cancer or heart disease, nor is it smoking or obesity. It's our inability to make smart choices and overcome our own self-destructive behaviours. Ralph estimates that about half of us will make a lifestyle decision that will ultimately lead us to an early grave. And as if this were not bad enough, it seems that the rate at which we make these deadly decisions is increasing at an alarming pace. I suspect that over the next few decades, real improvements in life expectancy and quality are less likely to be driven by medical technology than by improved decision making. Since focusing on long-term benefits is not our natural tendency, we need to more carefully examine the cases in which we repeatedly fail, and try to come up with some remedies for these situations. For an overweight movie loved, the key might be to enjoy watching a film while walking on the treadmill. The trick is to find the right behavioural antidote for each problem. By pairing something that we love with something that we dislike but that is good for us, we might be able to harness desire with outcome - and thus overcome some of the problems with self-control we face every day.

One might say that the ability to evaluate one's own ability is the most important skill of all. Without it, improvement is impossible.

One must know and identify with the components that make up "self" before he can become sefless

One of my goals is to reduce the possible negative moments in life that I can have direct influence over. Bad situations and events will inevitably happen in everyone's life, at some point, but your reaction can affect the situation more than the initial problem if you allow it to. You have power over your actions. A negative moment can ruin your life, or be the foundation of your success. Being nice and smiling allows you the most opportunities to gain positive experiences in life.

One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up.

One of the best roads to self-improvement is acceptance of personal mistakes and correcting them as soon as possible.

One of the most liberating things a person can do is to admit that he or she is human and is flawed.

One of the most powerful opponents of happiness is indeed fear. Unfortunately, the chains that bind people to their comfortable mediocrity are the same ones that bind their future to an unsuccessful destiny. The courage to dream is the very first step. LISTENING TO YOUR DREAMS is the second!

One of the most valuable gifts that a person can give (or receive) is a productive mentality. It is with a productive mentality that people change their lives for the better, in ways profound.

One of the points that all wise men and women agree on is this: If we want our world to improve, we should work on ourselves first. That’s where the significant gains are to be found. Focusing on the inadequacies of others, or the unfairness in the world, is often just a trap of our own making as we resist looking in the mirror.

One starts gaining benefits from the moment he comes to know the Soul (our true self) in word-form. The Soul in the word-form is found in the scriptures. The real Soul is found within the Gnani [the enlightened one].

One thing I've learned: we don't stumble accidentally into an amazing life. It takes decision, a commitment to consistently work on ourselves.