You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
MAYA ANGELOUDon’t let the man bring you down.
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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All great achievements require time.
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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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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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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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What 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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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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