Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

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If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

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Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. — Rumi

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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. — Colin Powell

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When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. — Helen Keller

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

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Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. ― Earl Nightingale

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Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.―W. P. Kinsella

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The dew of compassion is a tear.

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