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Frankisms
Short truths, collected over a lifetime of writing and teaching. Read a few, or lose an afternoon.
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“More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. — Billy Sunday”
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“Most information is time-consuming, negative, irrelevant to your goals, and outside of your influence. — Timothy Ferriss”
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“Multitask when it doesn’t matter. Fully engage when it does. — Jim Loehr”
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“My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I don’t deny it. I’d rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk—anything but work. — Abraham Lincoln”
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“My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of the president of the United States. — Harry S. Truman”
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“Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. — Timothy Ferriss”
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop (550 BC), The Lion and the Mouse”
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“No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. — André Gide”
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“No man knows what he can do till he tries. — Publilius Syrus”
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“No one grows by correcting weaknesses. We grow by building on strengths. — Alan Weiss”
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“No one’s going to give you a map. You must make your own way. — Jeff Goins”
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“No problem is too small to paralyze you, and none is too big to be conquered. — Jerry Cleaver”
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“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrecorded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. — Calvin Coolidge”
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“Once you know where you want to go, you have a better chance to design an effective process. — Robert Fritz”
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“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — André Gide”
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“One man with courage makes a majority. — Andrew Jackson”
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“One of the chief barriers to accepting God’s generosity is our limited notion of what we are in fact able to accomplish. — Julia Cameron”
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“One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds. — Dan Bennett”
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“Only if you stand ready to make mistakes today can you hope to move ahead tomorrow. — Dwight V. Swain”
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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. — Robert F. Kennedy”
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“Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller”
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“Only you have the authority to determine what matters. No one can impose that on you. — Robert Fritz”
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“Opportunities are often disguised as hard work, so most people fail to recognize them. — Ann Landers”
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“Opportunity knocks on the door of the man devoted to duty. — Dwight V. Swain”
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“Opportunity’s favorite disguise is trouble — Frank Tyger”
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“Our greatest danger in life is in permitting the urgent things to crowd out the important. — Charles E. Hummel”
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“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. — Confucius”
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“People do not lack strength. They lack will. — Hugo”
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“Plough deep while sluggards sleep. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness. — Plato”
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“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. — Henry J. Kaiser”
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“Professionals get the work done even when they don't feel like it. — Cecil Murphey”
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“Recognize that inactivity is not the goal. Doing that which excites you is. — Timothy Ferriss”
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“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. — Charles Dickens”
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“Setting impossible goals creates enormous fear, which creates procrastination, which we wrongly call laziness. — Julia Cameron”
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“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars. — Les Brown”
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“Skill is an element you build, out of work and study and experience. — Dwight V. Swain”
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“Slow and steady wins the race. — Aesop (550 BC), The Hare and the Tortoise”
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“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. — Thomas Fuller, 16541734”
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“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. — Alphonse Karr”
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