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“Don't wait to appreciate your life — life isn't as long as you think.”— Unknown

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“Don't wait to appreciate your life — life isn't as long as you think.”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.”

Mark Twain

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”

Abraham Lincoln

“Proud of you today. Proud of you tomorrow. Proud of you every single day because you're one of the strongest people I know with the most beautiful heart ever.”

Unknown

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

Charles Bukowski

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“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”

C. S. Lewis

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“If a relationship can't survive the long term, why would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”

Nicholas Sparks

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“To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.”

Sarah J. Maas

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“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

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“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.”

Emily Dickinson

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“I was smiling yesterday, I am smiling today, and I will smile tomorrow. Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.”

Santosh Kalwar

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“I'd said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.”

Richelle Mead

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