Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

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No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.

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The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.

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I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

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The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.

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Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

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People are not here to meet your expectations.

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Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

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Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness, to teach him how to develop that uniqueness, and then to show him how to share it because that’s the only reason for having anything.

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