Tough times don't last but tough people do. No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch. Men are born to succeed, not fail. ― Henry David Thoreau

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Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own feelings of mediocrity and fear.

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If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

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The Earth is not dying-it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.

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If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. – Albert Einstein

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When you're appealing to people's fears and anxieties, you can make some gains. — Joe Biden

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Some people dream of SUCCESS while other wake up and work hard at it. ― Barbara Rubel

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People can put you down, and they will but Allah will never abandon you, so long as you don’t.

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Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred.

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I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.

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