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“Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
James Matthew Barrie
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
Dalai Lama
“Freedom is never given; it is won.”
— A. Philip Randolph
“As soon as you truly commit to making something happen, the 'how' will reveal itself.”
Tony Robbins
“Forget the past.”
Nelson Mandela
“No matter who you are, we're creatures of habit. The better your habits are, the better they will be in pressure situations.”
Wayne Gretzky
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
Abraham Lincoln
“The man who views the world at 50 the same he did at 20 has wasted thirty years of his life.”
Muhammad Ali
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”
Buddha
“Society is a masked ball, where everyone hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.”
Samuel Butler
“Life is too short to waste your time on people who don't respect, appreciate, and value you.”
Roy T. Bennett
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.”
Helen Keller
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Lao Tzu
“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”
George Orwell
“There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.”
— Rebecca West
“It always seems impossible until it's done.”
Nelson Mandela
“Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.”
— Donald Knuth
“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”
Simon Sinek
“Opportunities don't happen. You create them.”
— Chris Grosser
“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”
John Lennon
“Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.”
Denis Waitley
“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.”
Plato

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