If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

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"What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

- Henry David Thoreau

Courage

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

- Henry David Thoreau

Success

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought and attended to my answer."

- Henry David Thoreau

Respect

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

Ambition

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"Goal setting is the secret to a compelling future."

- Tony Robbins

Goals

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

- Tony Robbins

Goals

"Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there."

- Bo Jackson

Goals

"A goal is a wish. A standard holds you accountable."

- Tunde Oyeneyin

Goals

"The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another."

- Alexander Graham Bell

Goals