May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

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Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

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Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth. – Mallory Hopkins

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Student is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.

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You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ― Robin Williams

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Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

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Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

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All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?

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The future depends on what we do in the present.

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