It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you.

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"True love is born from understanding."

- Gautama Buddha

Love

"Each morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

- Gautama Buddha

Awareness

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change."

- Gautama Buddha

Awareness

"Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm."

- Gautama Buddha

Balance

"Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

- Gautama Buddha

Compassion

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"The youth of this generation have a greater capacity for obedience than any previous generation."

- Elder David A. Bednar

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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

- Confucius

Strength

"The pain you feel today will show itself as strength tomorrow."

- Tunde Oyeneyin

Strength

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Strength

"Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t."

- Henry Rollins

Strength