Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

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Good things take time. — John Wooden

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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

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Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too. —Mark Twain

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Today is a good day to try. —Quasimodo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Stop comparing yourself to others. Always strive to improve yourself to become better today than you were yesterday to serve those around you and the world. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Not every day is a good day for me. Megan Thee Stallion

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There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.

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You don't have to be good at something to be liked. ― Stephen Richards

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