"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
"You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated."
"The wound is the place where the light enters you."
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."
"Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there."
"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
"Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions."
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you."
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
"The best revenge is massive success."
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
"If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
"That which does not kill us, makes us stronger."
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
"You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth."
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
"Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere."
"The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it."
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"I would rather die of passion than of boredom."
"Not all those who wander are lost."
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."
"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
"Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing."
"Let your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile."
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
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