The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. — Nelson Mandela

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Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy.

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You have choice. You can select joy over despair. You can select happiness over tears. You can select action over apathy. You can select growth over stagnation. You can select you. And you can select life. And it's time that people tell you you're not at the mercy of forces greater than yourself. You are, indeed, the greatest force for you.

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I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

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I have drunken deep of joy And I will taste no other wine tonight.― Percy Bysshe Shelley

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When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. — Wilma Rudolph

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I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself. — Beyoncé

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Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.

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All serious daring starts from within. — Eudora Welty

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