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“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.”
“If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
“There is only the one reality, neither to be realized nor attained.”
“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.”
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
“The strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung.”
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.”
“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
“The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion.”
“Better late than never.”
“The only way to get over a death is by seeing it as a life completed, instead of a life interrupted.”
“Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.”
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
“Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you are going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day!”
“Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.”
“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”
“Live your life as an exclamation rather than an explanation.”
“It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.”
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