Things are always different than what they might be. If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.

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"She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliance!"

- Henry James

Love

"I’m yours forever—forever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours."

- Henry James

Love

"I think patriotism is like charity – it begins at home."

- Henry James

Belief

"“Patriotism is like charity—it begins at home.”"

- Henry James

Belief

"Patriotism is like charity—it begins at home."

- Henry James

Belief

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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