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Great quotes from great peop|e

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0#(#)5-/%(-*/! eople say, ?ou have LalenL." no, Lhe glfL ls Lo reallze LhaL we all sLarL
ouL even. WheLher we messed up or puL our besL fooL forward, wlLh Lhese four quallLles,
we Lake care of our menLal, physlcal, and splrlLual healLh each day. Am l Lhe besL ln Lhe
world? no. 1he quesLlon ls: Am l Lhe besL l can be?" - Ldward Iames C|mos, actor
"nCLD CN 1C WnA1 IS GCCD, LVLN II I1'S A nANDIUL CI LAk1n. Pold on Lo whaL you
belleve, even lf lL's a Lree LhaL sLands by lLself. Pold on Lo whaL you musL do, even lf lL's a
long way from here." - ueb|o Ind|an rayer
!"## %&'% () '*) +, %&) *),-#% ./ (&'% () &'0) %&.-1&%23 - 8uddha, sp|r|tua| teacher
"ou must be the change you want to see |n the wor|d." - Mahatma Gandh|, pac|f|st
"A ICUkNL CI A 1nCUSAND MILLS 8LGINS WI1n A SINGLL S1L." - Lao-tsu, ph||osopher
"1wenty years from now you w||| be more d|sappo|nted by the th|ngs you d|dn't
do than by the ones you d|d do. So Lhrow off Lhe bowllnes. Sall away from Lhe safe
harbor. CaLch Lhe Lrade wlnds ln your salls. Lxplore. uream. ulscover." - Mark 1wa|n, wr|ter
!6%-(. -' (%7-/8 (.# 9-)'( '(#2 #4#/ ,.#/ :*+ 0*/;( '## (.# ,.*&# '(%-)1%'#<= - Mart|n Luther
k|ng, Ir., c|v|| r|ghts act|v|st
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7:< =>7>?<F G - ka|ph Abernathy, c|v|| r|ghts act|v|st
!>*/;( 9##& #/(-(&#0 (* %/:(.-/8 :*+ 0-0/;( ',#%( %/0 '()+88&# 9*)<= - Mar|an Wr|ght
Lde|man, c|v|| r|ghts act|v|st
"Champ|ons aren't made |n gyms. Champ|ons are made from someth|ng they have deep
|ns|de thema des|re, a dream, a v|s|on." - Muhammad A||, ath|ete
"I CAN ACCL1 IAILUkL. LVLkCNL IAILS A1 SCML1nING. 8ut I can't accept not try|ng."
- M|chae| Iordan, ath|ete
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1he baLLles LhaL counL aren'L Lhe ones for gold medals. 1he sLruggles wlLhln
yourself-Lhe lnvlslble, lnevlLable baLLles lnslde all of us-LhaL's where lL's aL."
- Iesse Cwens, ath|ete
!4% +,56% (&)*) 7.- 8'9) /*.9: +%6, (&)*) 7.-6*) 1.+51 %&'% 8.-5%,23 - L||a I|tzgera|d, s|nger
"1nL 8LAU1IIUL 1nING A8CU1 LLAkNING IS 1nA1 NC CNL CAN 1AkL I1 AWA IkCM CU."
- 8.8. k|ng, mus|c|an
""I used to want the words 'She tr|ed' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She d|d |t.'"
- kather|ne Dunham, dancer
"Cne of the great th|ngs you have |n ||fe |s that no one has the author|ty to te|| you what
you want to be. ?ou're Lhe one who'll declde whaL you wanL Lo be. 8especL yourself and
respecL Lhe lnLegrlLy of oLhers as well. 1he greaLesL Lhlng you have ls your self-lmage, a
poslLlve oplnlon of yourself. ?ou musL never leL anyone Lake lL from you." - Ia|me Lsca|ante,
teacher
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- Langston nughes, poet
IN AMERICA, NOBODY SAYS YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE CIRCUMSTANCES SOMEBODY ELSE GIVES
YOU. - Amy 1an, wr|ter



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