My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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The silence in the morning holds lots of expectations and is more hopeful than the silence at night. – Victoria Durna

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I honestly didn't think miracles could ever come from my broken pieces, and I was disabled in fear that my dreams would always remain as dreams. Don't give up on you. Don't give up on God. Don't give up on love.

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Living with faith and courage is something that life requires of each of us. Never, absolutely never, give up! Never give in no matter what! Fight it through! And I promise you something with all of my heart-God will help you.

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Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen—that stillness becomes a radiance. — Morgan Freeman

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Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.

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It's a waste of time to think about what I should have done and what I didn't. I really believe in that. That's how I react to the if-onlys of life. To moan and groan about something I shouldn't have done, could have done, might have done...who knows? It is what it is. You got what you got. I live my life one day at a time. — Liza Minnelli

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Always pay taxes. But never pay attention to negativity. — Mac Duke The Strategist

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There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved for the sake of something greater.

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