Beware the barrenness of a busy life. — Socrates

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If you own this story you get to write the ending. — Brené Brown

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Nothing in life is to be feared, only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. — Marie Curie

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. — Harvey Fierstein

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I am alive in 21st Century America. I have a voice. Let it serve as a corrective to the violent and reckless power that stands against the force of love. ― Tracy K. Smith

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ― Albert Einstein

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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.— Walt Disney

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When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.

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Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote. It has its own melody, it has its own words. Very few people get to sing their song. Most of us fear that we cannot do it justice with our voices, or that our words are too foolish or too honest, or too odd. So people live their song instead.

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Your worth consists in what you are, and not in what you have. What you are will show in what you do. — Thomas Davidson

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