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“I tried not to lose hope and remembered a popular mantra from my country: “Forward ever, backward never.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
“If you don’t know something exists, you can’t want it.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
“If you find your gratitude, and fix your attitude, that will help you reach your greatest altitude.”
― Activate Your Greatness
― Activate Your Greatness
“When we prove to ourselves that we can get broken down and then build ourselves back up, we realize what seemed impossible was just a self-imposed limitation caused by self doubt. We can apply that same lesson to our relationships, our jobs, our lives. It changes our perspective on everything.”
― Activate Your Greatness
― Activate Your Greatness
“Given all the hardship I’ve experienced, it would be easy to think that the world is full of bad people, but I prefer to think that most people are good. It’s just that the good people make less noise.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
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