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30 Quotes Every Twenty-Something Needs To Hear

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30 Quotes Every Twenty-Something Needs To Hear

1. "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi

2. "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." -Milton Berle

3. "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." -Maya Angelou

4. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt

5. "Do one thing every day that scares you." -Eleanor Roosevelt

6. “Life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we react to it.” -Dennis P. Kimbro

7. “You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.” -English Proverb

8. “Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” -Winston Churchill

9. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -George Bernard Shaw

11. "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." -George Bernard Shaw

12. "Fortune favors the bold." -English Proverb

13. "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." -Ernest Hemingway

14. "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." -Mark Twain

15. "Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life." -Mark Twain

16. "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." -William Shakespeare

17. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." -Albert Einstein

18. "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." -Albert Einstein

19. “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.” -Frida Kahlo

20. "Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

21. “When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. and when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.” -Unknown

22. "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

23. "Don't let the bastards grind you down." -Margaret Atwood

24. "Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles." -Tina Fey

25. "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." -Walt Disney

26. "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind." -Bernard M. Baruch

27. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." --Gandhi

28. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." -Oscar Wilde

29. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

30. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

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