"If you are not yourself people will look right through you and see the pale shadow of someone else."

Rasheed Ogunlaru, British Motivational Speaker

Identity, Authenticity, Truth, Self

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"If you are not yourself people will look right through you and see the pale shadow of someone else."

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"Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our 'education'. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults."

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"Sometimes you learn, grow and give far more when your back's against the wall."

Perseverance

"While there may be many things in life you wish to harvest not every seed you plant will grow."

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"Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on."

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"See life for what it is - a blessing to be lived - rather than what is so often reduced to, a problem to be fixed."

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"The mind will enchain yourself, others or both. Your heart will set you / them free."

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"Life will teach or beat you all you need to know. My advice take the compassionate class and peaceful path."

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"Until you are clear nothing will be. The moment you are clear everything will be."

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"Nothing in life is a foregone conclusion unless and until it is foregone and concluded."

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