Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

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Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close. ― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures

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I woke up early and took the first train to take me away from the city. The noise and all its people. I was alone on the train and had no idea where I was going, and that’s why I went there. Two hours later we arrived in a small town, one of those towns with one single coffee shop and where everyone knows each other’s name. I walked for a while until I found the water, the most peaceful place I know. There I sat and stayed the whole day, with nothing and everything on my mind, cleaning my head. Silence, I learned, is some times the most beautiful sound. ― Charlotte Eriksson

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Morning without you is a Morning dawn. ― Emily Dickinson

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Simplicity makes me happy. – Alicia Keys

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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count! ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

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

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

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Every twist and turn in life is an opportunity to learn something new about yourself, your interests, your talents, and how to set and then achieve goals.— Jameela Jamil

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Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ― Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues

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