Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. – Henry Ward Beecher

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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

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If you don't believe in the solidity of iron bars, how dare you have menageries?

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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

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I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

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Instead of believing the world is plotting to do you harm, choose to believe the world is plotting to do you good. Instead of seeing every difficult challenging event as a negative, see it for what it could be - something that is meant to enrich you, empower you, or advance your causes.

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I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of their readers.

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