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In his own life, then, a man is not to expect happiness, only to profit by it gladly when it shall arise; he is on duty here; he knows not how or why, and does not need to know; he knows not for what hire, and must not ask. Somehow or other, though he does not know what goodness is, he must try to be good; somehow or other, though he cannot tell what will do it, he must try to give happiness to others. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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Until you see fear as an opportunity for growth, you won't grow beyond your current self. ↗

— Robert Tew

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To be happy, you must let go of all the negative beliefs, emotions and people that are holding you back in life. ↗

— Robert Tew

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...as long as you are motivated by the approval of others, you cannot know with confidence whether the decisions you are making in your life are what's right for you... pg 102 ↗

— John Kuypers

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The afternoon breeze would incite to a weird and flabby activity all that crowded mass of clothing, with its vague suggestions of drowned, mutilated and flattened humanity. Trunks without heads waved at you arms without hands; legs without feet kicked fantastically with collapsible flourishes; and there were long white garments, that taking the wind fairly through their neck openings edged with lace, became for a moment violently distended as by the passage of obese and invisible bodies. On these days you could make out that ship at a great distance by the multi-coloured grotesque riot going on abaft her mizzen-mast. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Happiness is only found within...No one can make you happy but yourself! If you are unhappy with who you are...What does that say about you? ↗

— April Clark

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I'm not here to sell nor am I here to buy. I just hope my words can help you touch the sky. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

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Sasha's green eyes were right up against yours, the lashes interlocking. "In Naples," she said, "there were kids who were just lost. You knew they were never going to get back to what they'd been, or have a normal life. And then there were other ones who you thought, maybe they will." ... You opened your eyes, which you hadn't realized were shut again. "what I'm saying is, We're the survivors," Sasha said. ... "Not everyone is. But we are. Okay? ↗

— Jennifer Egan

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In the morning when I wake I think of things I won't object then I let my mind create the snow ball effect. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

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Emmy has embarked on her journey to enrich the world with smiles. They are free, healthy, and often, very contagious. ↗

— Emmy Swain

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