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We seek excellence before we seek understanding, wisdom before we gain knowledge, success before we understand hardwork; for this reason we need great teachers and leaders.Wayne Chirisa
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Believe in your greatness. Because what you believe is what you become.Udai Yadla
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Why settle for a lesser vision? When you are destiny for greatness!Lailah Gifty Akita
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If you rule the air, you are great; the waters, you are extraordinary; the lands, you are remarkable; but if you rule over yourself, you are remarkable.Matshona Dhliwayo
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To have extreme, laser-like focus, you must be willing to reject a lot of opportunities, even if they sound great.Mensah Oteh
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Circumstances, events or situations do not have inherent meanings except what you give themMensah Oteh
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Run to brilliance. Sprint to excellence. Soar to transcendence.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The brave with all of their weaknesses are better than the cowardly with all of their strengths.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Time is the first currency for success and one we all hold in common.Mensah Oteh
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You receive the gift of time freely and equally every day, beautifully wrapped in twenty-four new hours to invest in whatever you want, and how you use each hour decides your success or the lack of itMensah Oteh
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If you can think higher thoughts, you can do higher deeds.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You are a product of your environment, but to be great your environment has to be a product of you.Matshona Dhliwayo
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You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.Matshona Dhliwayo
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In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise they must be buried in adversity.Matshona Dhliwayo
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If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Find something about yourself to laugh about every day.Mensah Oteh
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The most important relationship in your life should be your relationship with yourself.Mensah Oteh
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You are on your way to building a significant life when your service to others stops focusing on the now and the immediate future and instead focuses on generations to come and how your actions today will impact them long after you are gone.Mensah Oteh
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To find true fulfilment, you must live your life’s purpose.Mensah Oteh
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There isn’t a single definition of happiness to suit everyone’s requirements, but you know it when you feel itMensah Oteh
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Success and the pursuit of it can nourish your body, but only significance has the ability to nourish your mind, body and spirit.Mensah Oteh
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Master the art of finding something to celebrate about in each moment and life will become an exciting adventureMensah Oteh
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Don’t try, be happy.Mensah Oteh
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You already have the abundance of life in you, and each day you must decide to live abundantly by choosing not to live in the past, by never taking counsel of your fear, and most importantly by seeing the greatness within you and embracing it.Mensah Oteh
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The abundant life should include all that life has freely given you — love, good health, success, prosperity, happiness, joy, spirituality, fulfilment, wisdom, purpose, growth and excitement.Mensah Oteh
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To succeed in life you need five things — a burning desire, a willingness to do whatever it takes, wisdom, incredible effort, and a commitment to never ending improvement.Mensah Oteh
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The greatest people in history were those who lived a life of significance and service. You can join them if you’re willing to serve.Mensah Oteh
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You need time, perseverance, and patience to develop the character and abilities required for success.Mensah Oteh
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Define success by your terms, not by other people’s standards.Mensah Oteh
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Greatness is achieved when you fulfil your purpose by doing what you were born to do.Mensah Oteh
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I can feel myself getting happier as the days go on and it's the greatest feeling ever. Nothing is better than self improvement.Genereux Philip
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Always direct your emotions, desires, behaviour, and actions in the present so they are in alignment with what you want in your future.Mensah Oteh
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A seed only begins to manifest its greatest potential the day it is buried in dirt.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Self-discipline is a prerequisite to progress.Mensah Oteh
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Your ego does not need to be crushed, it needs to be redeemed.Mensah Oteh
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Perfection is the lowest standard out there because it is unattainable. Be the best you can but don’t try to be someone you were not born to be.Mensah Oteh
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Your words reveal your wants but your actions reveal your expectations.Mensah Oteh
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You have mastered the art of discipline when you are able to act according to what you ultimately desire rather than how you feel in the present moment.Mensah Oteh
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To get to ‘yes’ from ‘no’, you may have to journey through ‘maybe’.Mensah Oteh
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Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.Mensah Oteh
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Staying true to your dream by using your mental, emotional and physical strength is discipline in action. You express it through focus, grit, self-control, persistence, perseverance, and willpower.Mensah Oteh
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Discipline is more about self-control through your inner strength and less about restriction.Mensah Oteh
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The ability to make yourself do what needs to be done at the appropriate time and in the appropriate manner — irrespective of your feelings — marks the true test of self-discipline.Mensah Oteh
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Self-discipline is a learned habit that should be developed and continuously worked on through regular application, practice, and repetition.Mensah Oteh
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Discipline begins where you are, and the key to sustaining the level of discipline you need lies in developing daily habits and routines which mirror the life you want to have.Mensah Oteh
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The investment you make in others is transferred to everyone they influence long after you’re gone. SignificanceMensah Oteh
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Significance is about making a difference, and its pursuit should ideally come before the pursuit of success — or at least at the same time.Mensah Oteh
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It’s not how long you live that matters, it’s how well you live.Mensah Oteh
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Have you decided how great you want to be? It’s really up to you. Greatness is a choice.Mensah Oteh
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Success may create excitement, but only significance leads to fulfilment.Mensah Oteh
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Success lasts a lifetime but stops at the end of your life. Significance lasts many lifetimes and continues long after you’re gone.Mensah Oteh
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If you see success as a race, then you will start eagerly with enthusiasm and passion with the hope of finishing quickly but there is much more to your success journey than your duration and speed.Mensah Oteh
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Achievers are biased towards action despite any fear, and this courage sets them apart from others.Mensah Oteh
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You need courage because at various moments in your life you might need to attempt something new, push yourself outside your comfort zone, challenge the status quo, change your story, or overcome your fear.Mensah Oteh
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Your life is a direct reflection of your level of investment in yourself, and your success or the lack of it is often decided by your personal development level.Mensah Oteh
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Commit to the lifestyle of investing in you first. It always produces the best return.Mensah Oteh
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Investing in yourself is one of the foundations for better relationships, health, happiness, success, and prosperity.Mensah Oteh
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You can’t excel in everything but you can be exceptional in a few things, so why not choose your life’s focus?Mensah Oteh
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You will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your wisdom or personal development level.Mensah Oteh
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Invest time, energy, and money into increasing your knowledge and wisdom so you can become the best you can be — it’s the best investment you could make.Mensah Oteh
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Your wisdom decides your value, the size of the problems you can solve, the opportunities you create, and ultimately the level of success you experience.Mensah Oteh
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To be successful choose an area of focus in life. It will identify where your energy should be invested and (more importantly) the source of your joy and success.Mensah Oteh
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Progress can’t be achieved without investing in and constantly improving yourself.Mensah Oteh
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Don’t ask what it will cost or how much of your time you will have to sacrifice. Instead, ask what it’s worth.Mensah Oteh
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The level of success you experience externally is a reflection of your level of personal development internally.Mensah Oteh
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Good mentors and coaches will help you reach your destination faster than you can by yourself.Mensah Oteh
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If you wish to be and remain successful, invest a minimum of five to ten per cent of your income each month and your time each day on your personal growth and development.Mensah Oteh
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Success can’t be achieved without personal development and constantly improving yourself.Mensah Oteh
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that your dreams, desires or goals are more important than fear.Mensah Oteh
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Acting courageously is about knowing and making the right choices based on a deep conviction that dwarfs fear, doubt, and worry.Mensah Oteh
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Courage is the ability to make yourself take action in spite of your fear.Mensah Oteh
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Successful people’s dreams aren’t just about results. They’re about the changes their dreams will bring to their lives and the impact achieving their goal will have on those around them.Mensah Oteh
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Dare to be different.Mensah Oteh
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Big dreams only come true when you believe and have the courage to pursue them.Mensah Oteh
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Courage is important but it shouldn’t be used in making impulsive decisions or taking uncalculated actions.Mensah Oteh
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You might fear you don’t have what it takes, but you don’t need to have all the answers or everything figured right from the start.Mensah Oteh
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Finding the courage to break away from other people’s opinions, and your self-limiting thoughts, could be the most significant breakthrough transformation you make on your journey to success.Mensah Oteh
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You are a product of the stories you believe and accept.Mensah Oteh
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Until you develop the courage to pursue that dream in your heart, you will never reach your true potential.Mensah Oteh
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To become successful you have to dream big. Small dreams don’t have the magic to stir up passion and greatness within you.Mensah Oteh
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Life goals hold the key to a lifetime of success.Mensah Oteh
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At the end of your life you want to arrive at a well-designed destination rather than an unexpected destination, and you do this by setting life goals, not short-term, not medium, not long-term, but life goals.Mensah Oteh
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Your goals should not be based on what you can do or what is possible but on what you want.Mensah Oteh
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Failure is a pitfall of working without a plan.Mensah Oteh
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Goals reveal your path to success, greatness and significance. Become a master goal setter and you will chart the course of your life.Mensah Oteh
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Life should not be measured by duration alone but by donation also, by what you do during your lifetime.Mensah Oteh
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Goals help you look towards the future with anticipation and excitement rather than with anxiety, and when clearly defined and broken into smaller steps, they enable you pay the price needed to achieve your dreams.Mensah Oteh
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The greatest value in the goal process is the skills, the knowledge, the discipline, and the character you develop in pursuit of your goal.Mensah Oteh
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Achieving your goal should always be of secondary importance. Your focus should be on becoming the kind of person deserving of the goal.Mensah Oteh
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Be specific about what you want. Decide, define, describe, discuss and develop your plans and then act on them.Mensah Oteh
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In selecting any goal you should focus on the reason — without a compelling reason your resolve will weaken.Mensah Oteh
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There is a direct relationship between the number of times you attempt a task and the likelihood of success.Mensah Oteh
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Effort is the foundation of all achievements and is the single greatest competitive advantage and quality you must consistently apply to achieve your dreams.Mensah Oteh
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You must discipline yourself consistently to do what others do occasionally in order to have the future few will get to experience.Mensah Oteh
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Talent is never enough. Effort, not talent, is the key to success.Mensah Oteh
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Your rewards in life will be in proportion to the effort you apply.Mensah Oteh