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“One person can stop a great injustice. One person can be a voice for truth. One person’s kindness can save a life.” ~ Nicky Gumbel

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“Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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“I can’t tell whether a revived man would appreciate his second chance or yearn for the stolen serenity.” ~ Ahmed Mostafa

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“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.” ~ Nikki Haley

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“Don’t blow off another’s candle for it won’t make yours shine brighter.”
~  Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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 “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” ~ Stephen Covey

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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 great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.”  ~  Dave Meurer

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“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.”  ~ Wilson Mizner

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“Teenagers don’t know what love is. They have mixed-up ideas. They go for a drive and the boy runs out of gas and they smooch a little and the girl says she loves him. That isn’t love. Love is when you are married twenty-five years, smooching in your living room and he runs out of gas and she says she still loves him.  That’s love.” ~ Norm Crosby

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“The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.” ~ Logan Pearsall Smith

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“To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.”
~ John Emerich Edward Dalberg

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