We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. ― Carlos Castaneda

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We have to find areas in our lives that we feel most uncomfortable about and want to change. I decided to push myself because it allowed me to give back. I have a scholarship program. When I found out the average age of a homeless person is 9½ years old, I said there must be something that I can do. Now, I am the spokesman for the National Coalition for the Homeless.

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Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own self that spoke. It was pride half slain that fluttered in the dust. It was my hunger for your love that raged from the housetop, while my own love, kneeling in silence, prayed your forgiveness. ― Kahlil Gibran

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I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.

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Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. ― Brené Brown

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But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.

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We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit. ― Steve Maraboli

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Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story. ― Lionel Shriver

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We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. — Beyonce Knowles

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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.- Buddha

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