In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer.
© Albert Camus
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Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.
© Seneca
© Seneca
Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
© Marianne Williamson
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Marianne Williamson
American author and politician
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
© Jane Addams
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Jane Addams
American activist, sociologist and writer (1860–1935)
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
© Og Mandino
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Og Mandino
American author
Spring is a time for rebirth and the fulfilment of new life.
© Byron Pulsifer
© Byron Pulsifer
The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.
© Bertrand Russell
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Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
The world doesn’t happen to you it happens from you.
In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.
© Confucius
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Confucius
Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the…
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
© Henry Longfellow
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet (1807-1882)
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
© Joan Didion
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Joan Didion
American writer (1934-2021)