"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about."
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"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."
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"Don't count the days, make the days count."
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"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
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"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
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"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."
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"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
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"Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up"
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"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."
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"Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do."
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"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free."
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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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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
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"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."
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"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine."
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"Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached."
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"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
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"No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice.""
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"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
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