I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge - even wisdom. Like art.

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Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.— Haruki Murakami, author

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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. – Jackie Robinson

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It’s important to think of what it means to powerfully and successfully rise to challenges, and all that it requires: determination, clarity, and steering clear of victim mentality. ― Emma R. Wilson

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It is important for me to know how to love the world, not to despise it, not to feel hatred towards it and myself, to look at it, at myself and at all beings with love, admiration and great respect.

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Fake it until you make it! Act as if you had all the confidence you require until it becomes your reality. – Brian Tracy

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The two most important days of your life are the day that you’re born and the day that you find out why. - Mark Twain

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As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

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Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow. — Carrie Fisher

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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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