American Quotes

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"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel."

-- Steven Furtick

"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel."

-- Steven Furtick

"Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal; nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal; nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

-- Dolly Parton

"Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

-- Dolly Parton

"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance."

-- Hunter S. Thompson

"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance."

-- Hunter S. Thompson

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

-- Frank Zappa

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

-- Frank Zappa

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

-- Ernest Hemingway

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

-- Ernest Hemingway

"You don't set out to build a wall. You say, 'I'm going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.' You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall."

-- Will Smith

"You don't set out to build a wall. You say, 'I'm going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.' You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall."

-- Will Smith

"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice."

-- Henry Ford

"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice."

-- Henry Ford

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

-- George S. Patton Jr.

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

-- George S. Patton Jr.

"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

-- Elon Musk

"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

-- Elon Musk

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily."

-- Zig Ziglar

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily."

-- Zig Ziglar

"It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not."

-- Denis Waitley

"It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not."

-- Denis Waitley

"Success isn't owned. It's leased. And rent is due every day."

-- J. J. Watt

"Success isn't owned. It's leased. And rent is due every day."

-- J. J. Watt

"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else."

-- Judy Garland

"Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else."

-- Judy Garland

"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

-- Lou Holtz

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

-- Lou Holtz

"Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions."

-- Will Smith

"Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions."

-- Will Smith

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

-- William Arthur Ward

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

-- William Arthur Ward

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."

-- Annie Dillard

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."

-- Annie Dillard

"I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. When I feel pain, that's when I start counting, because that's when it really counts."

-- Muhammad Ali