As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

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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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I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

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The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. ― Steve Maraboli

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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth. – Mallory Hopkins

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.- Confucius

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Sing your life; any fool can think of words that rhyme. ― Morrissey

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