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We discover our character through decisions under pressure.

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Dan Millman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 22
Author
Competitive Diver
Motivational Speaker
Trampolinist
Writer
LA
California
Daniel Jay Millman
Discover
Decisions
Pressure
Decision
Character

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Life is not suffering it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.
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A little bit of something beats a lot of nothing. Break the largest of difficult tasks into the smallest of steps and it can be done.
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Live with a peaceful heart cultivate a warrior's spirit.
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Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.
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Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness--if you had little time left to live--you would waste precious little of it! Well, I'm telling you...you do have a terminal illness: It's called birth. You don't have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason--or you will never be at all.
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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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Ultimately, fear of failure generates a vicious circle that creates what is most feared. To break this cycle, you need to make peace with failure. It isn't enough to merely tolerate it you need to appreciate the failure and use it.
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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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If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.
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A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, Attention. Yes, thank you, the student replied. But can you tell me the second most important element?And the roshi replied, Attention.
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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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So trust the process of your life unfolding, and know with certainty, through the peaks and valleys of your journey, that your soul rests safe and secure in the arms of God.
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The secret of change consists in concentrating one's energy to create the new, and not to fight against the old.
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...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.
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Stay present. You'll always have time to worry later on if you want to.
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Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.
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Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf
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