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131. “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” —  Kurt Vonnegut 132. “It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning.”— Gordon B. Kinkley 133. “Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it … look at it and really see it … try it on … live it … exhaust it … and never give that minute back until there was nothing left of it.” —  Erma Bombeck 134. “Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”—  Abraham Joshua Heschel 135. “There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.” —  Mindy Kaling 136. “The scariest thought in the world is that someday I’ll wake up and realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my life: under-ap...

121. “For many years, my morning routine was a result of how other people expected me to show up. I was overwhelmed and off-center because I was ignoring the messages my body was sending me.” –  Amber Rae 122. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” –  George Eliot 123.  “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” –  Benjamin Franklin 124. “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.” –  Albert Einstein 125. “There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it,’ said my mother. ‘Put yourself in the way of beauty.”—  Cheryl Strayed 126. “You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”—  J.R.R. Tolkien 127. “If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the ...

111. “Mornings are so precious because it’s when I’m most productive. For me, thirty minutes at 5:30am is equivalent to at least an hour at 3:00pm.” –  Whitney Johnson 112. “When I find something I value, I systematize it into my daily habits. Then I live by my values freely and effortlessly.” –  Joshua Spodek 113. “The most important thing I do each morning is steady myself by not allowing a sense of urgency to penetrate.” –  Matthew Weatherley-White 114. “Front-loading my day (getting a whole bunch done in the morning) is my productivity secret.” —  Celeste Headlee 115. “If I can feel like the chaos [of the day ahead] is at least known, I can dive in with more composure.” –  Wendy McKennon 116. “I find that checking my phone [in the morning] tramples over my positive vibes, because we all know that checking messages is like rattling a wasp nest.” –  Stephanie Lee 117. “There is enormous power in nailing your morning rout...

101. “Starting my day with exercise gives me a big mood and energy boost throughout the day and makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something right off the bat.” –  Jake Knapp  102. “If I need to remind myself to bring something with me in the morning, I’ll usually put my car keys on top of it.” –  Des Traynor 103. “My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That’s always been my motivation – to take care of the people who rely on me.” –  Tony Parsons 104. “She believed a cup of coffee marked the beginning of each day.” —  Anonymous 105. “She woke up every morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was that she always chose herself.”–  Tyler Kent White 106. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.“ —  Nicho...

91. “We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.” –  Arianna Huffington 92. “Your first ritual that you do during the day is the highest leveraged ritual, by far, because it has the effect of setting your mind, and setting the context, for the rest of your day.” –  Eben Pagan 93. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” –  Charlie Chaplin 94. “These morning practices are what fuel me; keeping my routine is not about willpower.” –  Jenny Blake 95. “The repetition becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.” –  Haruki Murakami 96. “When I’m just waking up I like to keep a space for my own thoughts and ideas. Checking my phone is not a priority of mine.” –  Andre D. Wagner 97. “Whether the day is for writing, designing, or painting, the consistent practice of a morning routine...

81. “Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.” —  John Wooden 82. “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” —  Marilyn Monroe 83. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” —  Winston S. Churchill 84. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” —  Walt Disney 85. “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” —  Barack Obama 86. Your current life is the result of your previous choices, if you want something different, begin to choose differently. –  Joe Tichio 87. “I put my phone as far across the room as possible the night before to force me out of bed when the alarm goes off.” –  Josh Gross  88. “One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more tim...