It’s really important not to be so judgmental and not to be so fearful. Try to have confidence in yourself. Don’t depend on so much on what others say about you or want you to be. — Deepa Mehta, director and screenwriter

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Always focus on the front windshield and not the rearview mirror. — Colin Powell, politician and diplomat

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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. — Dalai Lama

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Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago. — Warren Buffet, businessman and philanthropist

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. — Steve Kloves, screenwriter

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. — Erica Jong, novelist

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Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.— Bernard Baruch, financier

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It’s what we do when we don’t succeed that determines whether we will succeed. — Dave Williams, astronaut

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In any new situation, you will be viewed in one of three ways. As a minus one: actively harmful, someone who creates problems. As a zero: your impact is neutral and doesn’t tip the balance one way or the other. Or as a plus one: someone who actively adds value. — Chris Hadfield, astronaut

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I would rather be kind than anything else. — Jann Arden, singer and songwriter

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