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Desiderius Erasmus

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

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Constantly focusing on your desires or expectations without taking action means those things will remain unrealized. To make something happen, you must move beyond just thinking and actually do what is needed.

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