Quotes by Ethiopian Authors - Page 2

We should invest on our personal development not only to outgrow challenges but also maximize every opportunity that comes on our way.
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A winning mindset can transform an underdog into a champion, conqueror, and achiever. You’re a mindset away from winning your battles!
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Serving in the best country in the world demands becoming the best in what you do. To become the best, learn from & hangout with the best...
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Don't allow others to put a cap on you. Don't simply agree when someone draws your own finishing line. You're the captain of your destiny!!!
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Pride begins when someone starts to assume that s/he is the custodian of all truths and attempts to be right in all circumstances, which is IMPOSSIBLE!
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Desire is the foundation of our greatness. Without it, we are stranded; we cannot go anywhere. You won't get, what you don't eagerly desire.
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Increase your self-awareness up to the point where you shouldn't depend on the opinions of others about who you truly are...
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Every new self-discovery leads you to more wholeness, opens your heart, makes you humble, and a better person to serve and love others.
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Are you worthy of realizing your dream? If you said yes, there is no short cut. You're going to encounter setback after setback until you realize your dream.
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Success is relative. We shouldn't compare the financial success between a person born into riches and the one born into abject poverty.
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Altering our distressing emotions is an uphill battle. When you experience undesirable emotional outburst, try to alter the thought behind.
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Every emotion that we experience on a moment-by-moment basis has origin. The origin is a thought (s).
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Life is full of games. Be a proactive player. Most importantly, know who is throwing at you, what and why. When you do, life becomes fun...
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There are those who wake up each morning to conquer the day, and then there are those of us who wake up only because we have to. We live in the shadow of every neighborhood. We own little corner stores, live in run-down apartments that get too little light, and walk the same streets day after day. We spend our afternoons gazing lazily out of windows. Somnambulists, all of us. Someone else said it better: we wake to sleep and sleep to wake.
Dinaw Mengestu
It's embarrassing when a leader is clueless about his/her limitations (blind spots) while his/her people are well aware and making fun out of them.
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Every new self-discovery leads you to more wholeness, opens your heart, makes you humble, and a better person to serve and love others." Page 8
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Don't confuse your mentor with your buddies. Unlike the latter, your mentor isn't contented with where you're in life right now...
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The people who care about you may not tell you your blind spots fearing to offend/hurt you. Open up and ask their feedback and get enlightened.
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Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned...Everything is war. Me say war.That until the're no longer 1st class and 2nd class citizens of any nation...Until the color of a man's skin is ofno more significa...nce than the color of his eyes, me say war. That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race me say war!
Haile Selassie
Building trust takes long- years, sometimes decades. It takes a second, a word, or a misstep to lose it. Regaining trust takes even longer.
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You can only manage your thoughts, not your emotions. What are the emotions you're experiencing right now? What are the associated thoughts? Can you alter your thoughts? Practice! It's possible...
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The imagined memories had to have as much weight as the real, or we had to at least pretend they did to such a degree that they just very well might have. And so I never questioned Angela about that particular story, or about all the troubling things that it pointed to, content to believe that at least in this version things worked for her better than they did in the one I never heard.
Dinaw Mengestu
The character of someone shouldn't be measured based on what they eat, drink or the way they dress. Character that commands following is more than demonstrating some 'nice', 'cute', 'appealing' behaviors. It is deeper than that!
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One of the reasons that may force you walk away from great opportunities is when your values are keep violated...
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Today man sees all his hopes and aspirations crumbling before him. He is perplexed and knows not whither he is drifting. But he must realize that the Bible is his refuge and the rallying point for all humanity. In it, man will find the solution of his present difficulties and guidance for his future action, and unless he accepts with clear conscience the Bible and its great Message, he cannot hope for salvation. For my part, I glory in the BibleHaile Selassie I (1891-1975)Emperor of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I (1891-1975)
... walk in the footprints of his ancestors. This land is a museum of man's ancient history. The American has gone to the moon and found dust, he's going farther away to look for other planets, very good. But know thyself first. That is what I would tell my American friend.
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If our mission is grand & our vision is glorious, we need great values that match our ambition or else, we toil in vain...
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Inside the front flap of the book were handwritten names of the dozen or so people who had checked the book out before Naomi. Instead of writing her name, Naomi had a thin paper receipt with the due date printed on it. She could never possess this book the way those other people had. It was one of those uselessly nostalgic and sentimental thoughts that serve only our own romantic ideals, but I couldn't help believing it was true nonetheless. I took a pencil out from behind the register and handed it to her.
Dinaw Mengestu
The starting place for your greatness is desire. The desire to succeed, to serve others, to keep on going no matter what; the desire to...
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Your mind is working on your future based on a suggestion. The question is on whose suggestion it's working on: Yours or others?
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Wisdom teaches you when to use your discretion- with whom, what, and when to share your feelings and discernments...
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If I have to choose between a person who has everything but loyalty and another who has nothing but loyalty, I go for the latter. Go loyal!
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You can't beat your own expectations. The latter set the tone, and shape who you've become, and who you would end up becoming...
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Love could be instant and unconditional but trust develops through time. You may not trust wholeheartedly while loving someone unconditionally.
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Having the big picture in mind enables us to overcome the day to day routines that attempt to distract us from pursuing our dream.
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What a joy to meet and be around with people who're self-aware with healthy self-esteem. They embrace you and make your stay with them enjoyable.
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It never stops to amaze me how God sends the right people at the right stage of your life as a confirmation to let you know that you're not crazy.
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Don’t jail your imagination. You cannot imagine beyond your desires. You can't unleash your imagination without the SEEDs of desire.
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Honesty doesn't mean you reveal everything you discern and feel. That is why we have the word discretion...
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Take away your eyes from your past failures, current limitations, and future fears. Be hopeful, believe in yourself, be bold, and move on...
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How do you know whether you're serious about your values? You fight for them when they're violated even if it costs you title, favor, friendship, and profit.
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Deep inside, you know it. You're trustworthy. Sadly, you may come across untrustworthy. What are robbing your credibility? Find and fix it!
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When you stop worrying about your shortcomings, you deny your enemies, rivals, and/or competitors lethal weapons they may use to attack and defeat you.
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Life without making progress is dead. What is life if you don't embrace new truths that scare you, meet people who intimidate you, and so on.
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It is always the first and last steps that are the hardest to take. We walk away and try not to turn back, or we stand just outside the gates, terrified to find what's waiting for us now that we've returned. In between, we stumble blindly from one place and life to the next. We try to do the best we can. There are moments like this, however, when we are neither coming nor going, and all we have to do is sit and look back on the life we have made.
Dinaw Mengestu
Serious people make a decision to read your fully story before they write you off. Don't worry about those who don't have time to know you.
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Until the ego dissolves or evolves to become one with our true self, we remain slaves of our own egos.
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Many of the confusions, conflicts, and disarrays that are rampant in today’s organizations, communities, and nations could have been avoided if leaders have solid self-awareness...
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Patience takes away lots of stress, regrets, & sleepless nights knowing that all is well at the end of the day if we just wait a little bit.
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Who knows, you may be that close. You could be uncovering a blind spot or two away to take your career to the next height...
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You have already manifested what you know. What you have known thus far could only take you this far. If you’re not happy and satisfied where you are in life, your career, and business, go to the next level. Unfortunately, you cannot go to the next height without discovering what you haven’t known.
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Some people have the innate ability to cheat artfully during dating, interview... Once they're in, they completely change and become different that they leave you wonder whether you have ever met them before.
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The world under your feet is changing & you never noticed, it's on you. If you're changing & the world failed to notice, it's not on you...
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When you violate the law of growth, your influence winds down, your progress gets arrested, and many more negative consequences...
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Your track record, and great achievements may prompt people to invest their resources such as time and money, not their heart.
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The more people grow, the more they attain personal mastery. They become assets to the organization, not liabilities..
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The worst weapon of your enemy, rival, competitor, distractor is creating self-doubt in you and/or your team. They cannot win you without first destroying your self-worth.
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An unceasingly grateful life can easily heal from the wounds of hurt and setback. It can also easily shed resentment, hate, and bitterness…
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You're great. You don't need to be sorry for being who you're. You're a miracle. You're a wonder in this generation. Unchain your true self!
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Here is a paradox: People who think imperfect are closer to perfection than their counterparts who claim that they're perfect or closer...
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