The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) quote: “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't a…”

“Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.”

Jennifer Weiner (1970) American writer

“That's bullshit. You're being deliberately unpleasant. I suppose you can't help yourself, can you?”

Tony Abbott (1957) Australian politician

To then Shadow minister for Health Nicola Roxon after a debate before the Nation Press Gallery, subsequently quoted in http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/abbotts-day-from-hell/2007/10/31/1193618926551.html "Abbotts Day From Hell", Sydney Morning Herald, October 31, 2007
2007

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

Original from Zig Ziglar https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar
Misattributed

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

As quoted in Secrets of Superstar Speakers: Wisdom from the Greatest Motivators of Our Time (2000) by Lilly Walters, p. 96
Variant: What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician

Attributed to Zig Ziglar
Misattributed

“If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.”

John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) American business magnate and philanthropist

As quoted in Complete Speaker's and Toastmaster's Library (1992) edited by Jacob Morton Braude and Glenn Van Ekeren

“You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things.”

Martti Ahtisaari (1937) Finnish politician and former President of Finland

On working in peace negotiations, as quoted in "Nobel Peace Prize winner wants jobs for the young" in International Herald Tribune (11 October 2008)
Context: You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things. This is not an entertainment show; it's not reality television either.

“How can you stand to have me near you?" "The only thing I can't handle is your leaving.”

Jessica Bird book Lover Eternal

Source: Lover Eternal

“When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.”

Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist

Margaret Chase Smith, quoted in More Than Petticoats : Remarkable Maine Women (2005) by Kate Kennedy
Misattributed

“When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.”

Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) Member of the United States Senate from Maine

As quoted in "Nation: Madam Candidate" in TIME magazine (7 February 1964) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870656-2,00.html
Misattributed
Context: I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.”

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