Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power. — William James

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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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As I watch him, a sudden recognition comes over me: Tonight, I can be anyone I want… maybe being happy only means living in the moment, appreciating the exact moment you're in and not thinking about the worries of the future. ― Laura Fitzgerald

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To live means to lack something at every moment

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True power is expressed in quiet confidence; it was the sea's very calmness that epitomised its mighty force. ― Emile Habiby

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Without any doubt, I am striving for power. -Alexei Navalny

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If you own this story you get to write the ending. — Brené Brown

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In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be we are.

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We all will experience pain, struggle, and trauma; suffering is a choice to cling and remain attached to the story. - Michael Margolis

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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.

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