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You are to become a creator, not a competitor.

Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance.

A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.

There is no short cut to the making of these ideals into glad realities.

So, if you want to change the world, don’t back down from the sharks.

If you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.

If you want to change the world don’t ever, ever ring the bell.

Start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone.

But if you want to change the world, don’t be afraid of the circuses.

If you want to change the world sometimes you have to slide down the obstacle head first.

Sometimes no matter how well you prepare or how well you perform you still end up as a sugar cookie. It’s just the way life is sometimes.

If you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle.

Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that little things in life matter.

If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another.

If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.

The power of one person — Washington, Lincoln, King, Mandela and even a young girl from Pakistan, Malala — one person can change the world by giving people hope.

If you want to change the world get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward.

SEAL training was a great equalizer. Nothing mattered but your will to succeed. Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not your social status.

If you want to change the world, you must be your very best in the darkest moment.

If I have learned anything in my time traveling the world, it is the power of hope.

Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often.

Life is filled with circuses. You will fail. You will likely fail often. It will be painful. It will be discouraging. At times it will test you to your very core.

If you want to change the world, measure a person by the size of their heart, not the size of their flippers.

You can’t change the world alone — you will need some help — and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.

These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.