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#1

“The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a life around. It鈥檚 overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt.”
― Leo Buscaglia

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#2

“I鈥檒l tell you another secret, this one for your own good. You may think the past has something to tell you. You may think that you should listen, should strain to make out its whispers, should bend over backward, stoop down low to hear its voice breathed up from the ground, from the dead places. You may think there鈥檚 something in it for you, something to understand or make sense of.
But I know the truth: I know from the nights of Coldness. I know the past will drag you backward and down, have you snatching at whispers of wind and the gibberish of trees rubbing together, trying to decipher some code, trying to piece together what was broken. It鈥檚 hopeless. The past is nothing but a weight. It will build inside of you like a stone.
Take it from me: If you hear the past speaking to you, feel it tugging at your back and running its fingers up your spine, the best thing to do鈥攖he only thing鈥攊s run.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

tags: history, past

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#3

“Sometimes when I meet old friends, it reminds me how quickly time passes. And it makes me wonder if we've utilized our time properly or not. Proper utilization of time is so important. While we have this body, and especially this amazing human brain, I think every minute is something precious. Our day-to-day existence is very much alive with hope, although there is no guarantee of our future. There is no guarantee that tomorrow at this time we will be here. But we are working for that purely on the basis of hope. So, we need to make the best use of our time. I believe that the proper utilization of time is this: if you can, serve other people, other sentient beings. If not, at least refrain from harming them. I think that is the whole basis of my philosophy.

So, let us reflect what is truly of value in life, what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the basis of that. The purpose of our life needs to be positive. We weren't born with the purpose of causing trouble, harming others. For our life to be of value, I think we must develop basic good human qualities鈥攚armth, kindness, compassion. Then our life becomes meaningful and more peaceful鈥攈appier.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

tags: compassion, happiness, hope, positivity, time

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#4

“Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness. Unfortunately the happiness is there. There is always the chance (about eight hundred and fifty to one) that another heart will come to mine. I can't help hoping, and keeping faith, and loving beauty. Quite frequently I am not so miserable as it would be wise to be.”
― T.H. White, Ghostly, Grim and Gruesome

tags: beauty, faith, happiness, hope, life, living, love, misery, pain, positivity, stoicism

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#5

“Before you can successfully make friends with others, first you have to become your own friend.”
― Stephen Richards

tags: cosmic-ordering, focus, goal-setting, happiness, law-of-attraction, life-changing, manifestation, mind-power, new-age, opportunity, positivity, self-help, spirituality, stephen-richards, success, visualization, wealth-creation

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#6

“It's no shame in reaching second or third base if you aimed for first base.”
― Stephen Richards

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#7

“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
― Albert Schweitzer

tags: inspirational, life, spiritual, uplifting

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#8

“I want you to tell me about every person you've ever been in love with. Tell me why you loved them, then tell me why they loved you. Tell me about a day in your life you didn't think you鈥檇 live through. Tell me what the word 鈥渉ome鈥� means to you and tell me in a way that I鈥檒l know your mothers name just by the way you describe your bed room when you were 8. See, I wanna know the first time you felt the weight of hate and if that day still trembles beneath your bones. Do you kiss your friends on the cheek? Do you think that anger is a sincere emotion or just the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain? See, I wanna know what you think of your first name. And if you often lie awake at night and imagine your mothers joy when she spoke it for the very first time. I want you tell me all the ways you've been unkind. Tell me all the ways you've been cruel.Do you believe that Mary was really a virgin? Do you believe that Moses really parted the sea? And if you don鈥檛 believe in miracles, tell me, how would you explain the miracle of my life to me? And for all the times you've knelt before the temple of yourself, have the prayers you've asked come true? And if they didn't did you feel denied? And if you felt denied, denied by who[m]? I wanna know what you see when you look in the mirror on a day you鈥檙e feeling good. I wanna know what you see in the mirror on a day a day you鈥檙e feeling bad. I wanna know the first person who ever taught you your beauty could ever be reflected on a lousy piece of glass. If you ever reach enlightenment, will you remember how to laugh? Have you ever been a song? See, I wanna know more than what you do for a living. I wanna know how much of your life you spend just giving. And if you love yourself enough to also receive sometimes. I wanna know if you bleed sometimes through other people鈥檚 wounds. And if you dream sometimes that this life is just a balloon that if you wanted to you could pop鈥攂ut you never would because you鈥檇 never want it to stop.”
― Andrea Gibson

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#9

“Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on.”
― Criss Jami, Salom茅: In Every Inch In Every Mile

tags: character, forgiveness, grudge, grudges, holding-grudges, move-on, moving-on, owe, owed, peace, peace-of-mind, revenge, strength, strength-of-character, substance, substantial, unforgiving, vengeance

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#10

“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”
― Criss Jami

tags: confidence, confronting, courage, honesty, humble, humility, imperfections, naked, self-disclosure, share, strength-of-character, vulnerability, weakness

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#11

“The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: bad-intentions, criticism, envy, good-intentions, inspirational, intentions, kindness, motives, necessary, purity, sincerity, spot, validity, weakness

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#12

“Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: actions, alarm, complaining, crying, crying-wolf, excuses, false, false-alarm, falsehood, justification, loneliness, responsibility, sympathy, whining, wolf, wolves

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#13

“It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: articulate, belief, challenging, disagreements, enemies, honesty, opinion, opposition, stand-out, truth

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#14

“A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: attention, discontent, disrespect, food-industry, food-service, inconsiderate, insecurity, king, labor, ordinary-people, restaurants, royalty, selfish, service, waiter, waitress

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#15

“I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: absolutes, beliefs, convictions, dead-world, heartbeat, individualism, man, meaninglessness, open-mindedness, passivity, rigor-mortis, robot-world, unions, world, zealot

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#16

“Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: ambition, business, calling, career, commitment, determination, dreams, entrepreneur, faith, genius, hobbies, insanity, living, passion, patience, peace, perfection, perfectionist, perseverance, persistence, power, priorities, risk, sanity, strategy, strength, success

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#17

“Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: association, beliefs, best-friends, factions, friendship, human-nature, humor, personality-types, politics, religion, roots, sense-of-humor, types

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#18

“I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: compassion, compliments, inspirational, love, motivational, resolution

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#19

“How would your life be different if鈥ou pretended those around you were deaf to your words? Let today be the day鈥ou let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, communication, compassion, inspirational, intentions, kindness, life, motivational, success, words

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#20

“Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is in a continuous state of evolving, refining, improving, adapting, enhancing鈥hanging. You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: action, adapting, change, enhancing, evolving, improving, life, motivational, refining

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#21

“Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

tags: compassion, helping, humanity, kindness, life, success

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#22

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them 鈥� we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.”
― Bren茅 Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

tags: affection, betrayal, blame, connection, disrespect, love, self, shame, vulnerability

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#23

“Lady Margaret believed in the three D's: Discipline, Desire, and Determination. But as she listened dutifully to her new employer, hiding her yawns and trying to sit up extra straight in her chair, Charity Hill began thinking of all the lovely things that began with S, such as Sleeping Late, Sex, and Shopping.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr. Wrong

tags: humorous-quotations, shopping

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#24

“I've got lots of ambitions, but I only ever think of them when I'm lying around in my undies having a snooze.”
― Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr. Wrong

tags: ambitions

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#25

“Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfillment in their lives, or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the real disabilities.”
― Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

tags: bitterness, disability, disappointment, emptiness, feelings, fulfillment, happiness, hope, joy, love, potential, relationships, self-awareness

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#26

“Disappointment

Can do a couple things.
It can drop you into a giant
sucking sinkhole of

depression,

a place you have to fight
to climb out of. Or it
can trigger an epic

mania

to overcome the odds
and transform failure
into success. Say you

swing

as high as the chains will
take you because you seek
the thrill of flight, and on the

up-

kick, you lose your seat.
Injury is likely. But if you
worry about falling

down,

and never chance "up,"
the sky will remain
forever out of reach.”
― Ellen Hopkins

tags: disappointment

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#27

“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
~Maya Angelou
Remember this because it will happen many times in your life. When people show you who they are the first time believe them. Not the 29th. time. When a man doesn't call you back the first time, when you are mistreated the first time, when someone shows you lack of integrity or dishonesty the first time, know that this will be followed many many other times, that will some point in life come back to haunt or hurt you. Live your life in truth. Don't pretend to be someone you're not. You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.”
― Oprah Winfrey

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