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“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”
― Audrey Hepburn

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
― John Wooden

“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Never let them see you sweat.”
― Cathy Hapka

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
― John Wooden

“He who risks nothing has nothing.”
― Cathy Hapka

“Maybe it wasn't that he didn't want to talk about himself before now, she thought guiltily. Maybe it's just that I wasn't interested in listening.”
― Cathy Hapka

“Happiness begins where selfishness ends.”
― John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“...all's well that ends well.”
― Melody Carlson, Just Ask

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“People can get used to almost anything.”
― Cathy Hapka

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
― Helen Keller

“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ”
― John R Wooden

“If one keeps one's eyes open, it is possible to see things in many different ways.”
― Cathy Hapka

“You always have choices, my dear. Always. Never forget that.”
― Cathy Hapka

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
― Bob Marley

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
― John Wooden

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
― Dr. Seuss

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
― Mother Teresa

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches