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20 Quotes to Live By

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20 Quotes to Live By

1. Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.

2. I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.

3. Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

4. Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. ~ Henry David Thoreau

5. The time is always right to do what is right. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

6. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.

7. If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's. ~ C.G. Jung

8. You can't reach for anything new if your hands are full of yesterday's junk. ~ Louise Smith

9. There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

10. Quit saying you don't have time. You have time for what you make time for. ~ Bryant McGill

11. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. ~ Wayne Gretzky

12. Go the extra mile, it's never crowded.

13. Not all those who wander are lost. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

14. If you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.

15. The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost

16. Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

17. Excuses are for people that don't want it bad enough.

18. Do all things with kindness.

19. Don't be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try.

20.The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~ E.E. Cummings

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