Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

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Your worth consists in what you are, and not in what you have. What you are will show in what you do. — Thomas Davidson

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I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.

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There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

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You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life. ― Mary Oliver

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The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.

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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

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Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and more, because their stories haven’t yet been completely told. ― Dean Koontz

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If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there. ― Joyce Chapman

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We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it. – Lauryn Hill

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