If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

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You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. — Bob Marley

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Expecting the best means that you put your whole heart (i.e. the central essence of your personality) into what you want to accomplish. People are defeated in life not because of lack of ability, but for lack of wholeheartedness. They do not wholeheartedly expect to succeed. Their heart isn't in it, which is to say, they themselves are not fully given.

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The most important thing is to try and enjoy life because you don't know if there is one. - Catherine Deneuve

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Life is a gift from God, an unlimited series of opportunities to find the good in ourselves and others. There is good in everything, if we are willing to see it.

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

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You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life. ― Mary Oliver

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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly. — Richard Bach

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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

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