And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers, And that a kelson of the creation is love. -- Walt Whitman

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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. — Charles Kettering

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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. — Maya Angelou

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One must be something to do something. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end. — Michelle Obama

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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. ― Rick Riordan

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The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being, Freedom from ambition,Creation.

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It’s not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change. ― Miles Davis

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. ― Helen Keller

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Things are always different than what they might be. If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything. — Henry James

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