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“A lot of disappointed people have been left standing on the street corner waiting for the bus marked Perfection.”

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Donald Kennedy is an esteemed scientist born on August 18, 1931. He has had a profound impact in the fields of biology and ecology, particularly in marine ecology and environmental conservation. more

“We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less we will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring up to that ideal. Our image of perfection is the reason we reject ourselves the way we are, and why we don't accept others the way they are.”

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Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz

“You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”

Thinking Writing Stuff Valuable Persistence Get Better Traits Crap Writer's Block

Author:Octavia Butler

“The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.”

Hard Motivational Three Common Hard Work Essentials Achievement Sticks Common Sense Persistence Three Things

Author:Thomas A. Edison

“How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate?...A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them.”

Deals Impossible Depends Tasks Patterns Persistence Inadequate

Author:Piero Ferrucci

“What we resist persists.”

Persistence Persist

Book:Going out of our minds: the metaphysics of liberation

Source: Going out of our minds: the metaphysics of liberation

“Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“Be part of the miraculous moment.”

Moments Miracle Present Moment Miraculous

Author:Nhat Hanh

“The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable.”

Way Life Moments Accepting Minutes Miracle Present Moment Way To Live Miracle Of Life

Author:Storm Jameson

“Always now - just now - come into being. Always now - just now - give yourself to death. Practicing this is Zen practice.”

Giving Moments Practice Present Moment

Book:Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity

Source: Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity

“Don't live in the past, don't ponder about the future, stay at the PRESENT moment NOW...always.”

Moments Past Present Moment Pondering

Author:Mark Twain

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