Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.

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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

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Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

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The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

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Being interested is more important than being interesting.

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When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

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At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.

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Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

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People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

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