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You can put yourself in the path of happiness. You can fall in love with life.
— Lesley Dormen
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I never quite believed that one chance is all I get.
— Anne Tyler
All appears to change when we change.
— Henri Amiel
It is ... only kindness that raises its head / from the crowd of the world to say / it is I you have been looking for, / and then goes with you everywhere / like a shadow or a friend.
— Naomi Shihab Nye from "Kindness"

If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
— Erica Jong
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
— Epictetus
You're worried about how you're going to feel at the end of your life? What about right now? Live. Right this minute. That's where the joy is at.
— Abigail Thomas
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
— Anna Freud
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
— Maya Angelou
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