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“I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.”

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Book:Sacred cows-- and other edibles
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“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.”

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Book:I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader
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“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

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Author:Coretta Scott King
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

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Book:A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

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Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

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Book:An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer
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“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

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Book:Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation
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“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

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Author:Booker T. Washington
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

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Author:Maya Angelou
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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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Author:Maya Angelou
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“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts ... good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt. They're not painful. That's not just with somebody you want to marry, but it's with the friends that you choose. It's with the people you surround yourselves with.”

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Author:Michelle Obama
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“Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.”

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Author:Carol Moseley Braun
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“You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”

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Author:Marian Wright Edelman
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