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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Acceptance Fight Freedom Life Limitation Work
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Attitude Concern Human Nature People Thinking
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Happiness Liberty Life People Right Truth
To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Deed Inspirational Life Live Virtue
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Control Expectation Inspirational Life Value
No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Business Entrepreneur Giving Inspirational Patience Time
It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Aspire Extraordinary Inspirational Time Vague Wise
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Moments Patience Reaction Situation Try Yourself
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Attention Belong Business Concern Focus True
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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One Liner Philosophy Reality Sustain
Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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Behaviour Circumstance Expectation People Understand Wisdom
In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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Adversity Difficult Finding Friendship Prosperity
Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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Demand Happen Inspirational Satisfaction
If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Defeat Fear Gain Seek Truth Victory
It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.

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