Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. — Nelson Mandela

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The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

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Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.

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Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. — Nelson Mandela

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We must be our own before we can be another's. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. — Nelson Mandela

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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.- Muhammad Ali

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