Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ― Marcus Aurelius

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You can only work on yourself. Start there. ― Alice O. Howell

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Be kind to yourself, so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world. ― Misha Collins

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The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

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You willed yourself to where you are today, so will yourself out of it. ― Stephen Richards

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You can’t control what others think. The only thing you can control is yourself. Some people will look down on you for your choices in life, no matter what they are. You can’t do anything about that. The only thing you can do is decide how to live your own life. And to hell with everybody else. ― Marie Sexton

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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. -Khalil Gibran

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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Strength is a capacity for endurance. One of the dividends of suffering is the universal discovery the we posses a strength within us we never knew we had. Navigating through a difficult episode not only shows us that inner strength is there but convinces us it will always be there to serve us in the future. Overcoming gives us an assurance of personal confidence and value that far exceeds what we thought we possessed before our struggles began. — Dennis Wholey

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