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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If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.

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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

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Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions. - Elizabeth Gilbert

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Before it can be solved, a problem must be clearly defined.

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Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don't fail forever.

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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. - Walt Whitman

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. — Michael Jordan

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The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

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