There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
DENIS WAITLEY
DENIS WAITLEY
Denis Waitley on acceptance
Denis Waitley111 quotes“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
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