Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action. ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

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If you stay in the company of anger, pain, or hurt, happiness will find someone else to visit. Make the choice to view all of your past relationships as a gift. Throw out what hasn’t worked in the past and incorporate new concepts. Focus on being happy. ― Kristen Crockett

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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency. ― bell hooks

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Living simply makes loving simple. ― bell hooks

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Introverts and loners, know that genuine relationships and real support do in fact exist. Do not give up on your desire to meet your Soul Tribe. They are manifesting you as well. ― Robin S. Baker

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We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done. — John C. Maxwell

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But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. ― Bell Hooks

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Your personal relationships determine who you are, what you see, and what you think. ― Adeleke Aishat

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To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved. ― bell hooks

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Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine

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