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#1

“I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.”
― Simone de Beauvoir

tags: anger, books, friends, greedy, life, loneliness, man, myself, selfish, travel, woman, work, write

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#2

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: being-human, goodness, human, human-nature, humanism, humanity, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quote, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, kindness, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, living, love, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, smile, smiles

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#3

“Keep Going

Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: adversity, authentic-living, being-positive, faith, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, life, life-and-living, life-quotes, motivation, never-give-up, optimism, optimistic, persistence, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking

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#4

“People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Rescue

tags: friends, life

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#5

“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

tags: birds, freedom, friends, friendship, letting-go

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#6

“Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: appreciate, change, happiness, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, laugh, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, love, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, relationship, respect, smile, value

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#7

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
― S.E. Hinton

tags: friends, friendship

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#8

“Must you go? I was rather hoping you'd stay and be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must."

"I'll stay," Will said a bit crossly, and threw himself down in the armchair Tessa had just vacated. "I can minister angelically."

"None too convincingly. And you're not as pretty to look at as Tessa is," Jem said, closing his eyes as he leaned back against the pillow.

"How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun."

Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: friends, humor, radiance

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#9

“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than following others' prescribed path. There is so much more to life than what you experience right now. You need to decide who you are for yourself. Become a whole being. Adventure.”
― Roy T. Bennett

tags: action, adventure, authentic-living, authentic-self, authenticity, confidence, experience, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, who-you-are, whole-being

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#10

“True friends are always together in spirit.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: friends, friendship, together, together-in-spirit, true-friends

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#11

“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: accept-yourself, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, keep-moving-forward, letting-go, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, love-yourself, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking

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#12

“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: goal, goals, gratitude, happiness, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, leader, leadership, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking

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#13

“Acts of Kindness:
A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, kind, kindness, life, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking

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#14

“Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: excuse, improvement, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quote, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, respect

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#15

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.”
― Fred Rogers

tags: friends, friendship, love, peace

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#16

“Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.”
― Roy T. Bennett

tags: anger, grudge, happiness, happy, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, regret, time, worry

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#17

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: authentic-living, being-positive, blessed, compassion, hate, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, judgment, less-more, life, life-purpose, life-quotes, living, love, mind, motivation, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, smile, smiles, spirituality, stress, stressed, worry, worrying

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#18

“Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: acts-of-kindness, happiness, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, kindness, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, opportunity, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, smile

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#19

“Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: gratitude, heart, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, thoughts

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#20

“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: gratitude, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, kindness, life, life-and-living, life-quotes, living-life, mindful, mindfulness, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, truth

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#21

“Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: be-yourself, be-yourself-inspirational, be-yourself-quote, be-yourself-quotes, heart, inner-voice, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, wisdom, wise

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#22

“Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: animals, attributed-no-source, friends, humor, vegetarianism

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#23

“Don't Just

Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: act, action, change, criticize, doing, dream, dreams, encouragement, experience, feeling, giving, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quote, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, learning, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-philosophy, life-quotes, listening, living, optimism, optimistic, ponder, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, thinking, transform

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#24

“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.”
― Roy T. Bennett

tags: goodness, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, kindness, life, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking

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#25

“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: achievement, believe-in-yourself, brave, courage, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, talent

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#26

“It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.”
― Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

tags: fight, friends, friendship, kill, loyalty, strength

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#27

“You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: choices, choose, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking

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#28

“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World

tags: alone, books, friends, solitude

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#29

“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, leader, leadership, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, motivation, motivational, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, success

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#30

“Believe in Your Heart

Believe in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: believe, heart, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, magic, miracles, optimism, optimistic, passion, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, purpose

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