The handy thing about being a father is that the historical standard is so pitifully low. ― Michael Chabon

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We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie

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If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world. ― C.S. Lewis

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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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Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.

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I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from everything. If we want to embrace life, we also have to embrace chaos. ― Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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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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Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

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The measure of a man is determined by the distance between his knees and the ground. The less the distance, the greater the man. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests. -Charles Lindbergh

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