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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

Abraham Lincoln / 16Th U.s. President
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

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Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

Malcolm X Human Rights Activist

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Socrates Philosopher

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

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The secret to freedom is to realize that you don’t have to believe your mind. You don’t have to believe your story. You don’t have to believe that voice in your head. You don’t have to believe your own thinking. You can simply observe it and say, “Thank you for sharing,” and then take the necessary action you’re scared to take anyway.

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People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

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Yes there's a lady that stands in a harbor for what we believe. And there's a bell that still echoes the price that it cost to be free.

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