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Mandy Hale
“Maybe it’s NOT Maybelline. Maybe you were just born with it.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
tags: accepting-yourself, beautiful, beauty, being-yourself, confidence, inner-beauty, loving-yourself, makeup, maybelline, positive-thinking, self-worth
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Paulo Coelho
“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
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“Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.”
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“There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
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