Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler

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Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump! ― W. C. Fields

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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

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Whatever your calling, it's already rooted within you, and those roots can be trampled or tugged at but never removed. They grow stronger only when tended, nurtured, and most important, shared with others. ― Oprah Winfrey

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The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more. - Michelle Obama

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Don't give in! Make your own trail. Don't moan. Don't complain. Think positively.

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I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge - even wisdom. Like art.

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People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs. — Marianne Williamson

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One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again. ― Thomas Sowell

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