Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

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I am intrigued by the smile upon your face, and the sadness within your eyes ― Jeremy Aldana

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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

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Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world. — Marilyn Monroe

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Motivational, Confidence, Honesty

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

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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

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If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be even a worse fate, you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

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He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile. —Paul Simon, musician

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