Rich people believe "You can have your cake and eat it too." Middle-class people believe "Cake is too rich, so I'll only have a little piece." Poor people don't believe they deserve cake, so they order a doughnut, focus on the hole, and wonder why they have "nothing.

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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. — Laozi

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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. — Charles Dickens

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As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. ― Henry David Thoreau

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If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. - Nhat Hanh

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It's true that charisma can make a person stand out for a moment, but character sets a person apart for a lifetime.

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You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas A. Edison

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We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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