I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. — Abraham Lincoln

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The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. _ Marcus Aurelius

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

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Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness. _ Joel Osteen

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Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.

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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. — J. B. Priestley

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If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.

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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

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