I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got. ― Sabrina Ward Harrison

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Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand. ― Oprah Winfrey

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Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

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Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ― John D. Rockefeller

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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ― Audre Lorde

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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

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Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. —Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé)

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ― Plato

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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. ― Rick Riordan

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