10 motivational quotes from books that will get you through this lazy week

1. Live your life and be happy.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do." – H.Jackson Brown Jr.

2. If you lose your job, something better is coming

"When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive." – Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

3. Stop the self-doubt

"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." – Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

4. Go after your goals

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

5. Work hard

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens

6. Be firm

“Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.” – Mary Shelley

7. YOU decide what happens to YOU

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.. – Dr Seuss

8. Be yourself

“If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price. – John Updike

9. Don't procrastinate

“My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.” – Charles Dickens

10. And don't ever feel sorry for yourself

“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.” – Haruki Murakami

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