Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. ― Parker J. Palmer

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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making. ― Reba McEntire

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Living, just by itself - what a dirge that is! Life is a classroom and Boredom's the usher, there all the time to spy on you; whatever happens, you've got to look as if you were awfully busy all the time doing something that's terribly exciting - or he'll come along and nibble your brain.

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Find purpose. The means will follow.

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The best things in life make you sweaty.

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I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand.

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I missed you, Angel. Not one day went by that I didn't feel you missing from my life. You haunted me to the point that I began to believe Hank had gone back on his oath and killed you. I couldn't escape you and I didn't want to. You tortured me, but it was better than losing you. ― Becca Fitzpatrick

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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Nelson Mandela

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Living simply makes loving simple. ― bell hooks

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