It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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"Courage, dear heart."

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"The son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

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

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

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"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."

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

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

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