Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want it.

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In life we don't get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

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I was struggling to find a way to make evening clothes more deconstructed. I like to think that I translated the Latin concept in a more modern way. I don't think that I was that literal.

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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

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An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

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At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better. — Sri Chinmoy

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There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

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Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

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The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward. ― Steve Maraboli

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