When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.

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To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze it, regret it, or sweat it…it’s over. It can hurt you no more. ― Mandy Hale

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We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. ― Carlos Castaneda

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If you don't fall, how are you going to know what getting up is like? -- Stephen Curry

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Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open / Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten — Natasha Bedingfield

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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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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance ― E.E. Cummings

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The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow. -- H.G. Wells

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We will fail when we fail to try. — Rosa Parks

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You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft that you will die without ever realizing your true potential. -- David Goggins

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