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Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

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I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. ↗

— Isaac Newton

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Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

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Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

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My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off). ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought. Useless and disappointing." ~ Sam (Hilary Duff), A Cinderella Story ↗

— Hilary Duff

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If someone loves you, they should not be envious of you pouring your heart and soul and time and energy into the things that you are passionate about, but instead....they should love you MORE because you are so involved in those things. ↗

— Sharon Swan

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Nella vita: chi non risica, non rosica," he said finally, his voice quiet. "In life: nothing ventured, nothing gained. My mom used to tell us that. It's been a long time, but I can still hear her saying it. ↗

— J.M. Darhower

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Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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