A simple smile. That’s the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others. — Dalai Lama

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If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women

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Beware the horns of a bull, the heels of the horse, and the smile of an Englishman.

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Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die. ― Suzanne Collins

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Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures. ― Elisabeth Elliot

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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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Forget your voice, sing! Forget your feet, dance! Forget your life, live! Forget yourself and be! ― Kamand Kojouri

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The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy.

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Life consists of what man is thinking about all day. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart. ― Oswald Chambers

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