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"The most liberating feeling in the world is to not give the negative opinions of others any traction."
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"I would follow in your footsteps if I wasn't so busy making my own."

"Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend."

"Independence that has declared its 'independence' from the sure and certain compass of sound morals is nothing more than rogue greed having scantily dressed itself in the garb of independence while running off the cliff of anarchy."

"There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all."

"Self-confident people don't make their self-esteem, self-image, happiness, or self-confidence dependent on another person's approval, validation, or acceptance."

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

"You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him."

"The dream is yours. why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within."

"For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking articulates both physical and mental freedom."

"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."
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"You own your feelings. You own your thoughts. You control both. No one has the right to any of it-to any of you without your permission."

"Once I had been introduced to depression, I realized if I wanted to help my friend and preserve our friendship, I needed to understand what the illness was all about."

"When you sever ties with the unit purely for self-serving intentions, you are likely to find yourself stranded and struggling to survive; fighting to keep your head above water. What's more, there is no one to save you because you've turned your back on your comrades and snubbed your support system."

"Never lose sight of the people who are the foundation of the future you are working to build."

"Ignorance is a progressive thinker's enemy; acceptance, awareness, accountability and action are the tools of the informed; of people who want change and do all they can to achieve it."

"Now is the time to realize your potential and look beyond disappointment and focus on blessings. They are all around you, if you only take the time to welcome them into your life."

"When God chooses you to deliver a message, to have a purpose, no one and nothing can reverse the course of His plan."

"Staring down the reality of war, far from home, asleep among strangers, that familiarity, those memories, those ties kept us going; gave us a reason to persevere; toughened us up."
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