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Letter "G" » getting
«Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.»
«Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.»
«Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get»
«Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.»
Author: Jon Bon Jovi
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Actor,
Musician,
Rock singer)
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About:
Success
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Keywords:
falling,
getting,
nine,
nines,
nine times,
success,
take ten,
ten,
times
«There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Tragedy
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Keywords:
and the,
are,
getting,
Getting There,
He Who Gets,
is not,
life,
one,
only,
other,
there,
There are,
the Other,
The Other Two,
tragedies,
two,
twos,
two way,
wants,
WHAT
«Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.»
Author: Zig Ziglar
(
Author,
Speaker)
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About:
Success
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Keywords:
All That,
becoming,
doing,
For the,
getting,
highest,
means,
personal,
Personal Best,
reaching,
standard,
The Best,
the Triumphs,
triumph,
triumphed,
triumphing,
trying
«Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.»
«There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(
Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
blunderer,
consumes,
fatal,
getting,
greater,
living,
no more,
part,
There is no
«The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.»
Author: Mark Twain
(
Humorist,
Lecturer,
Writer)
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Keywords:
ahead,
and then,
at the start,
breaking,
Breaking up,
break into,
break with,
complex,
complexes,
first,
First Ones,
getting,
Getting started,
get started,
into,
manageable,
one,
overwhelm,
overwhelming,
overwhelms,
secret,
small,
started,
starting,
start up,
tasked,
tasking,
tasks,
then,
the first,
The Secret
«The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.»