Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. — Oprah Winfrey

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As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. ― Henry David Thoreau

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Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on. _ Jeff Ross

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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. ― Malcolm X

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Even death, faced with the option of death or life, she would choose life. ― José Saramago

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There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

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Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

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People that are obsessed with hating you, feel flattered. Their whole lives revolve around you.

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The world is new to us every morning - and every man should believe he is reborn each day. — Baal Shem Tov

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