Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

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Just like salt makes sweet taste sweeter, trials make happy feel happier. ― Richelle E. Goodrich

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How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some floats flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature! ― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

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The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance. — Brian Tracy

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Do not be deluded by the abstract word Freedom. Whose freedom? Not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but freedom of Capital to crush the worker.

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Life is just to sweet to be bitter.

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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me. — Jim Valvano

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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. ― Maya Angelou

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Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. — Dante Alighieri

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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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