Words can affect how people view themselves, how they treat each other, how they navigate the world. Words can build people up, or they can tear them down.

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""Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.""

- Will Smith

Ambition

"Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there."

- Will Smith

Success

"Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too."

- Will Smith

Courage

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Will Smith

Hard Work

""The first step is you have to say that you can.""

- Will Smith

Belief in Self

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"The world is changed by your example, not your opinion."

- Paulo Coelho

Influence

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

- Robin Williams

Influence

"There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."

- James E. Faust

Influence

"Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother’s love? What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully plants and lovingly cultivates in the fertile soil of a child’s trusting mind and heart? As a mother, you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child’s special talents and unique capacities."

- Richard G. Scott

Influence

"If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful."

- Jeff Bezos

Influence