Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. ― W.C. Fields

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I was like, Am I gay? Am I straight? And I realized...I'm just slutty. Where's my parade? ― Margaret Cho

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The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God. ― Soren A. Kierkegaard

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You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move. ― George R.R. Martin

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It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride. ― John Ruskin

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Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.

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A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ― Hugh Downs

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You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

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You can live your life out of a circumstance or you can live your life out of a vision.

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The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be. ― Leo Babauta

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