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  • #1
    Maya Angelou
    “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

    (Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")”
    Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

  • #2
    Maya Angelou
    “If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
    Maya Angelou

  • #3
    Maya Angelou
    “A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #4
    Maya Angelou
    “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #5
    Maya Angelou
    “In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.
    In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #6
    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • #7
    Junot Díaz
    “Nothing more exhilarating ... than saving yourself by the simple act of waking.”
    Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

  • #8
    Maya Angelou
    “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #9
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • #10
    Maya Angelou
    “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #11
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
    Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

  • #12
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • #13
    Dalai Lama XIV
    “There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'
    No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.”
    Dalai Lama XIV

  • #14
    “That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn't enough to know that deep down, he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn't. Not enough.”
    Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You



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