Good morning on this peaceful Sunday! As the sun rises, may it bring a cascade of warmth to your day, illuminating it with the promise of joy and serenity.

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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill

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A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

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If the children and youth of a nation are afforded opportunity to develop their capacities to the fullest, if they are given the knowledge to understand the world and the wisdom to change it, then the prospects for the future are bright. In contrast, a society which neglects its children, however well it may function in other respects, risks eventual disorganization and demise.

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The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy. ― Booker T. Washington

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When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature. ― Sydney Smith

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Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness. – Nanea Hoffman

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I love the smell of book ink in the morning.― Umberto Eco

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If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ― Kurt Cobain

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The greatest power God gave us is the power to choose. We have the opportunity to choose whether we're going to act or procrastinate, believe or doubt, pray or curse, help or heal. We also choose whether we're going to be happy or whether we're going to be sad.

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