Embrace differences

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

Thomas Jefferson

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Take the detours

Establishing goals is all right if you don’t let them deprive you of interesting detours.

Doug Larson

Actually establishing goals is more than all right, it is awesome!

Having both, long term and short term goals keeps you motivated and focused. But it is true that you should not forget the beauty of spontaneous moments because of your strict focus.

Be prepared to take detours, to discover, to enjoy.

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Make use of everything

No experiment is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example.

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The only solution

For myself I am an optimist it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

Winston Churchill

It’s a matter of attitude and mindset.

Happiness comes from inside and a optimist’s mindset will do half the trick!

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Live by ideals

Live truth instead of expressing it.

Elbert Hubbard

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Mindset!

Train your mind to see the good in everything

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Keep going!

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Goethe

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Calm down

Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one.

Benjamin Franklin

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In a hurry?

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Lao Tsu

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Forgive and let go

The grudge you hold onto is like a hot coal you intend to throw at someone, but you’re the one that gets burned.

Siddhartha Gautama

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