"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."
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"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else."
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"We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate - thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising."
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"At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel."
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"What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come."
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"I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being."
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"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."
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"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet."
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"You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it."
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"If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!"
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"Nothing will work unless you do."
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"Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'"
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"When I say 'I am a Christian', I'm not shouting 'I'm saved'. I'm whispering 'I get lost'. That is why I chose this way."
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"Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that."
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"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
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"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."
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"When you learn, teach, when you get, give."
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"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."
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"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
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"If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased."
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