With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. - Thomas A. Edison

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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. — Willie Nelson

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle

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Be patient and open-minded in your interactions with others; find the positive attributes that they possess. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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The morning is a lifelong teacher all we have to do is open our eyes and ears.– Toni Morrison

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Let's make a dent in the universe

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