I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.

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Every noble work is at first impossible. – Thomas Carlyle

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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. – Augustine of Hippo

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Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction. – George Horace Lorimer

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Emerson

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Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.

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Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

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Take time to do what makes your soul happy.

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Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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Words are your paintbrush, and your life is the canvas. You can paint whatever you want to paint. ― Miguel Ruiz

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