When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

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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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Nothing will work unless you do.

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I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

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Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

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If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!

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