Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie

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When you focus on the good, the good gets better. — Abraham Hicks

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You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we’re all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it’s going to be over, and you better make this count. — Nancy Reagan

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A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better. ― Sidney Poitier, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ― Thomas Szasz

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It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far. ― Marilyn Monroe

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I worked with several writers at the University of Michigan: Nicholas Delbanco, Peter Ho Davies, Eileen Pollack, Laura Kasischke, and Thomas Lynch, who told me the same thing over and over again: Persist. Read, write, and improve: tell your stories. - Jesmyn Ward

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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.- Andre Gide

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I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That’s the thing. You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich. – Jim Carrey

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