You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude. ― Roy T. Bennett

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That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison. ― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing. — Elbert Hubbard

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Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

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I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.

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Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward. Joel Osteen

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If everything seems to be under control, you’re not going fast enough. ― Mario Andretti

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Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don't make it wait any longer. ― Steve Maraboli

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.- Maya Angelou

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Don't allow one negative incident to cause you to lose hope in people. ― Germany Kent

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