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“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.”

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

“Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid.”

“Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.”

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.”

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”

“If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”

“If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”