Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
MAYA ANGELOUWhat you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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We need much less than we think we need.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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Don’t let the man bring you down.
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The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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Live as though life was created for you.
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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