When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

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The older you get the better you get… unless you’re a banana. – Betty White

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You cannot teach creativity—how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.” Mario Vargas Llosa.

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The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come. ― Jodi Picoult

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If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present. ― Roy T. Bennett

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. —Herman Melville

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It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories. ― W. Somerset Maugham

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The gospel is the good News of God. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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You need people to root for, you need people who motivate you to be better and also hold you accountable. -Jenna Ortega

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Remember, don't try to build the greatest wall that's ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day.

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