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Aim not to win or succeed, but for excellence in the moment.

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
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Competitive Diver
Motivational Speaker
Trampolinist
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California
Daniel Jay Millman
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There are no mistakes, only lessons. If you don't learn the lesson the first time, they get harder.
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Stay present. You'll always have time to worry later on if you want to.
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. . . Action always happens in the present, because it is an expression of the body, which can only exist in the here and now. But the mind is like a phantom that lives only in the past or future. It's only power over you is to draw your attention our of the present.
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As a peaceful warrior, I would choose when, where and how I would behave. With that commitment, I began to live the life of a warrior.
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Meditation is a valuable exercise, but eventually you have to open up your eyes and look around.
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You are rich if you have enough money to satisfy all your desires. So there are two ways to be rich: you earn, inherit, borrow, beg, or steal enough money to meet all your desires or you cultivate a simple lifestyle of few desires that way you always have enough money.
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I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.
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Better never begin once begun, better finish.
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Freedom from mental distraction equals power.
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Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is.
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When you lose your mind, you'll come to your senses.
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Process transforms any journey into a series of small steps, taken one by one, to reach any goal. Process transcends time, teaches patience, rests on a solid foundation of careful preparation, and embodies trust in our unfolding potential.
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Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure - Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same.
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The universe does not judge us it only provides consequences and lessons and opportunities to balance and learn through the law of cause and effect. Compassion is the recognition that we are each doing the best we can within the limits of our current beliefs and capacities.
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Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things.
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Do you have the courage for it? Do you have the love? If you have enough of one, you will develop the other.
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This planet is a divine school, and daily life a classroom. Our choice of teachers depends on what we need to learn.
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Live in the Moment, Empty Your Mind of the Trash Wisdom is the Use of Knowledge
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The world's a puzzle no need to make sense out of it. - Socrates
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If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.
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