I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality. ― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity... out of discord, harmony... and out of difficulty, opportunity.

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Simplicity makes me happy. – Alicia Keys

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Morning without you is a Morning dawn. ― Emily Dickinson

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Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book

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Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger. ― Keanu Reeves

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Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.

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Do one thing every day that scares you. ―Eleanor Roosevelt

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To live means to lack something at every moment

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I let my head fall back, and I gazed into the Eternal Blue Sky. It was morning. Some of the sky was yellow, some the softest blue. One small cloud scuttled along. Strange how everything below can be such death and chaos and pain while above the sky is peace, sweet blue gentleness. I heard a shaman say once, the Ancestors want our souls to be like the blue sky. ― Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days

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