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Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.


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SENECA No one finds life worth living; he must make it worth living.
SOURCE UNKNOWN No one finds life worth living; he must make it worth living.
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CLARENCE DARROW The uncommitted life isn't worth living.
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