A mathematical formula for happiness: reality divided by expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations. — Jodi Picoult

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It is only when we take chances that our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson

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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. — Ralph Marston

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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ― Epictetus

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Though we faced many trails, we do not lose hope. We are living by faith. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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he was soon drawn into a circle of associates who did not improve either his habits or his morals. ― Sojourner Truth

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The best revenge is to improve yourself. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.- Immanuel Kant

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Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it. ― Epictetus

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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. ― Epictetus

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