No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our resilience - that makes us strong and successful.

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Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

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True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. — Abraham Lincoln

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The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

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To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth. — Pearl S. Buck

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If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.

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When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

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There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.

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There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control. _ Leo Buscaglia

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