There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.

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"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?"

- Ernest J. Gaines

Awareness

"Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow."

- Ernest J. Gaines

Growth

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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