"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
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"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
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"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude."
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"Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood."
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"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
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"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same."
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"All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen."
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"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted."
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"I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives."
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"To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set your own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them."
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"Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places."
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"Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone."
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"Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing."
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"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say."
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"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
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"The years in your life are less important than the life in your years."
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"The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all."
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"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
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"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
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