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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There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. — Dalai Lama

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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. — Will Rogers

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I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.

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I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone. ― Robin Williams

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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.- Muhammad Ali

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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

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If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

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You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone. ― Roy T. Bennett

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To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid. — Nelson Mandela

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