When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.

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You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human... And although you don't have complete control over the narrative - no author does, I can tell you - you could nevertheless create it.

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Don't pursue a heart that you're not ready to be loyal to.

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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. _ John Lennon

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We remember though all the firelit glow Of a great hearth's gleam and glare, And we looked for a space at each happy face And the love that was written there. ― Caris Brooke

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Happiness was not a word that seemed to apply anymore, when she had lost so many close to her. There was a contentment that felt deeper, that acknowledged and accepted the quieter offerings of small joys—of love and occasional peace in a life that was full of pain. ― Peter Heller, Celine

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I am the captain of my soul.

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The first step before anybody else in the world believes it, is that you believe it.

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What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.

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I am happy. I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve. I am happy. – Vera Nazarian

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