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"If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!"
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"Religion is what gives a person hope to keep walking even in the darkest times."

"As we fulfill our dream and move toward success, we will not escape fighting."

"Perseverance is not a passive submission to circumstances-it is a strong and active response to the difficult events of life."

"When we don't qualify, it may be the perfect time to ask, "Do I really want it? If you're dedicated to making it happen, the only way you can fail is to stop trying. Be creative. Be constructive. Re-qualify. Never give up if it is for something you deeply, passionately, and enthusiastically desire."

"When all help is stopped, when your loved ones started doubting your competence, when failure seems almost confirmed, but no matter what, if you make one more attempt, that final step will fetch you the victory."

"If you failure, do not give up. Find new strength to climb the stairway to success."

"Joy of harvest belongs only to those who endure the pain of sowing."

"In order to fulfil our life mission we also need to develop perseverance."

"This is what the good guys do. They keep trying. They don't give up."

"Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges."
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"There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back."


"No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot."


"You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try."


"To me, summer has always been about potential. This was especially true when I was in high school. Those 3 or so months between 1 school year and the next always meant change. People got taller or wider or smaller. They broke up or came together, lost friends or gained them, had life experiences that you could tell had transformed them even if you didn't know what they were. In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other. Out of school, everything was on pause and yet happening at the same time, this collection of weeks when anything was possible. As a teenager, I was always hoping to change, to become someone other than who I was. Each summer, I felt I had the chance to do that. All I had to do was wait and see what happened."


"Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go."


"Like a word on a page that you've printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you've lost something, even if you're not sure what it is."


"Once you love something, you always love it in someway. You have to. it's like, part of you for good."


"Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky."
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