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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat
back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

—Leonardo Da Vinci, artist

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it—teach yourself to be
impatient.

—Gurbaksh Chahal, entrepreneur and author (from his book The Dream: How I Learned the Risks
and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions, 2008)

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master
and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty.

—William J. Bennett, US secretary of education (from his book The Book of Virtues, 1993)

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be
a true master. For this reason, mastery demands all of a person.

—Albert Einstein, developer of the theory of relativity

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we
make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

—Carlos Castaneda, author (from his book Journey to Ixtian: The Lessons of Don Juan, 1972)

I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year.

—Warren Buffett, legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway