The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.

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"Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow, or a communicated sense of fineness."

- D. H. Lawrence

Awareness

"You’ve got to know yourself so you can at last be yourself."

- D. H. Lawrence

Self-awareness

"The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them."

- D. H. Lawrence

Courage

"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself."

- D. H. Lawrence

Resilience

"The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up."

- D. H. Lawrence

Reflection

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"We are all capable of change, both in our actions and our hearts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Personal Growth

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

- Paulo Coelho

Personal Growth

"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."

- Clayton M. Christensen

Personal Growth

"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."

- Arianna Huffington

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"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."

- Mark Twain

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