It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves, not only for what you are now, but for what you have the power to become.

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Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.

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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming. — Alice Walker

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The journey is the reward

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Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.

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You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

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Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius

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The dew of compassion is a tear.

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You don’t have to be defined or confined by your environment, by your family circumstances, and certainly not by your race or gender. — Mariah Carey

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