Only when we're drowning do we understand how fierce our feet can kick.

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"There is no better compass than compassion."

- Amanda Gorman

Compassion

"For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it."

- Amanda Gorman

Hope

"The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it."

- Amanda Gorman

Hope

"For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it."

- Amanda Gorman

Hope

"Just as we chose to go to the Moon, we know it's never too soon to choose hope."

- Amanda Gorman

Hope

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

Resilience

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

Resilience