Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

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"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity."

- Coco Chanel

Awareness

"There are people who have money and people who are rich."

- Coco Chanel

Awareness

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself."

- Coco Chanel

Self-awareness

"A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life."

- Coco Chanel

Happiness

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

- Coco Chanel

Courage

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"When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

Change

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

- Anaïs Nin

Change

"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Change

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."

- William James

Change

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

Change