I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .
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BRANDON SANDERSON i write, because not breathing is not an option.
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CHELSEA SEDOTI Remember to afford yourself
the same generosity
you give to others.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be generous with your
time and energy. The harder
it is to give, the more
the other p...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Recognise how much
you have to give.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Although happiness is a state
of being, it usually still requires
some doing if it is to b...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Commit to being happy and
make the choices that will
support your commitment.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be courageous in your
decision-making.
Stand by your choices
and never look back.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Don’t rely on the opinions of others.
Only you will know what is
right for you.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Unless you have the
courage to say ‘no’ to
the things you don’t want,
it’s ha...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Be honest with yourself.
You can’t be the best
you can be unless you know
who you r...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI It’s easy to be brave when
everything is going your way.
When the going gets tough,
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI To be happy, you need to do
the right thing for you,
even when it feels like the
hard...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Don’t take your happiness for
granted. Be proactive about
maintaining and sustaining it<...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI There is a big difference between
being self-ist and being selfish—
putting yourself fir...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI The only person who can
take responsibility for your
happiness is you.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Being the best you can be
takes courage. You need to own
your decisions and have the
...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI The most important
commitment you will ever make
is to being the best you can be.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Most people are fine with fine
and okay with okay.
If you want to be the best you
can...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Very few changes in life are
achieved without effort and a
commitment to making that effor...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI When you decide to be the best
you can be, don’t be surprised
if the circle of people yo...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Live your life with courageous
integrity. Do the right thing,
not the easy thing.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI If someone tries to undermine
your commitment, re-evaluate
your commitment to them.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Identify your driving motivation
and you will have all the
encouragement you need.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Give the people you love the
best of yourself, not the worst.
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI Sometimes being happy will
require some difficult conversations.
Some of those conversatio...
DOMONIQUE BERTOLUCCI The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony....
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That's what's happening....
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FRANCINE RIVERS Could I be in a better place and happier than I am today? I don't think so.
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SINEAD O'CONNOR The purpose of God for creating earth can be seen as an assignment which he requires everyone he cre...
SUNDAY ADELAJA All his life he has been in the shadow of Grandfather, and of the man for whom he was named."
....
RAYMOND E. FEIST If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever.
FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha...
FRANCINE RIVERS The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The earth is not just for the clever and the strong. It must be possible even for weak and pitiful c...
SHūSAKU ENDō I guess in the champagne and caviar world that many Republicans live in, I would be happier, too.
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• spread positivity
• bring people up instead of dragging the...
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NNEDI OKORAFOR True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and i...
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BIBLE We are here not to Make Money.
We are here to Make a Difference.
PRATYAY AMRIT God’s perfect plan and purpose shall be fulfilled in my life.
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exploring to underst...
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Once of ethereal spirit full!
This narrow cell was Life's ret...
ANNA JANE VARDILL (MRS. JAMES NIVEN) The only thing I leave alone is the ceiling, because white contains all the wavelengths of the visib...
JENNIFER NIVEN, ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES I don’t need to worry that Finch and I never filmed our wanderings. It’s okay that we didn’t c...
JENNIFER NIVEN, ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES The Nest Houses aren’t there. It’s dark by the time I stop in downtown New Harmony, with its bri...
JENNIFER NIVEN, ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES Right now, he crosses his arms and frowns at me.
“Is it true you almost drowned Roamer...
JENNIFER NIVEN, ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES It’s okay to laugh, you know. The earth’s not going to split open. You’re not going to hell. B...
JENNIFER NIVEN, ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think ...
DAVID DAVID KATZMAN I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil...
LARRY DAVID The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar...
DAVID HAREWOOD Birmingham people are the salt of the earth, and I've carried that with me all around the world....
DAVID HAREWOOD In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to ...
DAVID COVERDALE George W. Bush: a person who is the ultimate outcome of the American condition. Someone promoted abo...
DAVID LANGE Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all k...
DAVID LYNCH Studying consciousness tells us more about how the world is fundamentally strange. I think we have a...
DAVID CHALMERS Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.
DAVID HARE The Doctor' is the kind of character - because the guest cast is changing all the time, there ar...
DAVID TENNANT It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel lik...
DAVID LETTERMAN Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs i...
DAVID CRYSTAL I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory th...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
DAVID BAILEY Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and le...
DAVID BAILEY The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. The...
DAVID BAILEY I always go for simplicity.
DAVID BAILEY I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
DAVID BAILEY All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It wa...
DAVID BAILEY You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
DAVID BAILEY I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
DAVID BAILEY People want security in this insecure world.
DAVID BAILEY I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
DAVID BAILEY