John Avery

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​To go where you're wishing you could go, first you must tie your shoes and step off the porch.
- John Avery
Collection: Shoes
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As we age, the bright light of youth either burns out or burns stronger - it's our choice.
- John Avery
Collection: Light
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Relationships are like apples: they can be sweet and satisfying. But once you bite into a bad one, it's hard to go back to the barrel again.
- John Avery
Collection: Sweet
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Don't judge people you don't know. You have no idea what they've been through, and you may waste an opportunity to make a new friend.
- John Avery
Collection: Opportunity
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Why waste precious time and energy trying to be someone you're not when you can put it to much better use simply being yourself?
- John Avery
Collection: Being Yourself
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Learn to put your troubles in your pocket, then leave them there when you do your laundry.
- John Avery
Collection: Pockets
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​Life is a series of highs and lows. The trick is to tip the balance in your favor by following your heart and taking some risks.
- John Avery
Collection: Heart
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Take a step toward your dream today. No matter how tiny the step, it will give you the energy and desire to take another.
- John Avery
Collection: Dream
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Success is doing the best you possibly can with what you've been given. There are an alarming number of wealthy failures in the world today.
- John Avery
Collection: Numbers
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Point your feet in the direction you want to go and your life will follow.
- John Avery
Collection: Feet
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Most people who succeed in life have no clue that what they are trying to achieve is impossible.
- John Avery
Collection: People
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Some people burn all of their energy helping themselves, while some use all of it helping others. The happiest among us do a little of both.
- John Avery
Collection: Helping Others
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To never aspire to excellence means to never fully comprehend the amount of work required to achieve it.
- John Avery
Collection: Mean
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The only thing worse than women are women who tell me I'm a misogynist.
- John Avery
Collection: Men
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​Live the truth and everything else will fall into place.
- John Avery
Collection: Fall
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Be who you were born to be - it's what living things do.
- John Avery
Collection: Born
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People who believe in ghosts think that dead people can walk through locked doors. Nonsense - they have to use a key like the rest of us.
- John Avery
Collection: Believe
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While you're busy chasing your dream, don't forget to leave time for living - it's way too easy to run straight past what's truly important.
- John Avery
Collection: Running
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​When suddenly you find yourself on the wrong highway, perhaps it's time for a new job, or some new friends. It's your life - live it.
- John Avery
Collection: Jobs
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When the road you're on begins to crumble, forge ahead - better it crumble behind you than ahead of you.
- John Avery
Collection: Behind You
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Try saying hello to someone who wouldn't expect you to - today would be good.
- John Avery
Collection: Trying
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If finding true love was easy we'd all have a lot more free time.
- John Avery
Collection: Finding True Love
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When chasing a dream, make sure the price is truly worth paying - if it is, go for it, if not, tweak your dream a little and then go for it.
- John Avery
Collection: Dream
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After a hard day, try to think of something good about it before you go to sleep - the result may surprise you.
- John Avery
Collection: Sleep
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I'm not supposed to know what's going on. But I can tell you this, I won't be standing around scratching my head like Coach Johnson in that Denorex commercial.
- John Avery
Collection: Johnson