“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
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“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
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“Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.”
― Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
― Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
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