Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. --Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. --Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. --Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. --William Faulkner
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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. --Mark Twain
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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. --Mark Twain
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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --Mark Twain
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Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. --Will Rogers
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Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. --Will Rogers
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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --Will Rogers 
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If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing. --Will Rogers
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Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling--Madeleine L'Engle
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In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on Him to come.--Madeleine L'Engle   
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We can't take any credit for our talents.  It's how we use them that counts.--Madeleine L'Engle
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. --Madeleine L'Engle
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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
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Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. --Abraham Lincoln
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice--Abraham Lincoln
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Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. --Martin Luther
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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. --Martin Luther
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Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart. --Martin Luther
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. --Martin Luther
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