“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
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“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
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“A messy house is a must - it separates your true friends from other friends.
Real friends are there to visit you not your house!”
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Real friends are there to visit you not your house!”
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“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
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