You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.

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Change your thoughts and you change your world.

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Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

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Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. ― Anne Frank

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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

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I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

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What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.

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The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.

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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own. ― Marcus Aurelius

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

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