Aimee
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“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan

“The only requirement is what you already have: an openness to discovering the joy that surrounds you.”
― Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
― Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
“A patriot is not someone who condones the conduct of our country whatever it does. It is someone who fights every day for the ideals of the country, whatever it takes.”
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
― The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

“What matters most in a child's development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years. What matters, instead, is whether we are able to help her develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence.”
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
― How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

“The power of the aesthetics of joy is that they speak directly to our unconscious minds, bringing out the best in us without our even being aware of it.”
― Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
― Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

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