Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

Nelson Mandela

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Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Coretta Scott King

Humility, after the first shock, is a cheerful virtue.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not.

But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.

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