Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. ― Aristotle

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If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. — Oprah Winfrey

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The real trick is to stay alive as long as you live.

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I had a dream about you. You were an escalator, and I was a flight of stairs. You thought I was a Luddite, and I thought I was as ostrich, because I hadn’t figured out how to put the fly in flight. One day you broke down, and then you saw that you and I weren’t so different after all. ― Dora J. Arod

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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely. ― Louisa May Alcott

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We're all brilliant at something. I discovered my powers when I was four years old. When you're young you're more in touch with your real talents, but so often the 30 year slog knocks it out of people.

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If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. ― Malcolm X

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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. _ John Lennon

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The only thing you have to do in this life is die," said Mrs. Pinsky..."everything else is a choice. ― Karen Thompson Walker, The Age of Miracles

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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. — Thomas Paine

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