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#1

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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#2

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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#3

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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#4

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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#5

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

tags: reading, writing

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#6

“Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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#7

“Every man walks his own path, and every path has its fair share of locked doors. You never know who holds the key to a door you’ll need to open one day, so you best treat people as if they are all keyholders.”
― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

tags: act, actions, awareness, battles, careful, caution, choice, choices, destiny, doors, expertise, gains, hear, humility, importance, important, influence, insignificance, keyholders, keys, listening, locked, manipulation, others, path, people, perspective, persuasion, potential, respect, significance, significant, tolerance, understanding, words

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#8

“Perspective is as simple as answering this question: If I had 5 months to live would I experience this problem differently?”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: adversity, awakening, bad-reasons, balance, buddhism, change-the-world, christianity, conflicts, death, do-overs, doesn-t-matter, dying, finding-balance, forgiveness, forward, funerals, happiness, joyful, letting-go, living, living-with-passion, misguided-reasons, people, perspective, pointless, problems, reawakening, rebirth, relationships, revenge, second-chances, seekers, seeking, service, spiritual-renewal, useless-baggage, wasting-time, what-matters, wrong-choices

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#9

“Any coward can instill fear. It's easy to scare people, but having the strength to make them feel safe? Now that's power.”
― Nick Shamhart

tags: advice, humanity, inspirational, perspective, philosophy, power, strength

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#10

“Sometimes I lose perspective, but it helps to stop and look around. I may not have it all, but I have more than enough. And enough, it seems, is more than most have...”
― J.M. Darhower, Redemption

tags: enough, perspective

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#11

“Perspective makes all the difference. It’s not what you look at; it’s what you see… Remember that the sun never actually sets; it's our perspective that makes it appear to. Our sunset is another’s sunrise. It's all perspective. How would your life be different if you applied this truth to the things that cause you stress? Letting go isn’t about erasing the past; it’s about looking at the same event and seeing something different. Activate this power in your life! Take the pain and poison of the past and allow it to nourish a new found wisdom. Remember, you can't change the past, but you can change the labels you place on events. Perspective - it’s not what you look at; it’s what you see.”
― Steve Maraboli

tags: let-go, letting-go, life, perspective, wisdom

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#12

“Five truly effective prescriptions to remedy a bad day.
(You can't overdose.)

—Pray; discuss your troubles with God.
—List your blessings. (The blue sky, soft cookies, warm socks, etc.)
—Call your mom.
—Visit an animal shelter and hug a lonely cat.
—Visit a nursing home and hug a lonely grandparent.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

tags: bad-day, hardships, perspective, positive-attitude, richelle, richelle-goodrich, troubles

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#13

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, but I chose neither one. Instead, I set sail in my little boat to watch a sunset from a different view that couldn't be seen from shore. Then I climbed the tallest mountain peak to watch the amber sun through the clouds. Finally, I traveled to the darkest part of the valley to see the last glimmering rays of light through the misty fog. It was every perspective I experienced on my journey that left the leaves trodden black, and that has made all the difference.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: being-different, change, changing, choices, inspirational, life, life-journeys, life-missions, life-purpose, perspective, robert-frost, the-road-less-taken

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#14

“It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw.”
― Joey Comeau, A Softer World: Truth and Beauty Bombs

tags: optimism, perspective, pessimism

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