I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me. — Tracee Ellis Ross

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. — Helen Keller

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Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work. — Hope Solo

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I don't regret any tweets. I'm not a tweeter and deleter. So I have no regrets.

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I'd rather hang out with five people that I love than with 400 strangers at a club who are all doing the up-and-down inspection thing. They appraise everybody from head to toe - the outfit, the handbag, the shoes, how much they weigh... I can't stand it! ― Sophia Bush

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Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

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People always ask me, 'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices.

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I had to remind myself of the truth of who I was and the reality that success wasn’t defined by a result but by faithfulness. I had to remember that my identity and healing weren’t dependent on the voices that surrounded me and that the truth wasn’t dependent on popular opinion or cultural responses. I had to focus on what was real and true. The straight line instead of the crooked. — Rachael Denhollander

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Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.

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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin. — bell hooks

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