If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.

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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

- Lao Tzu

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"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

- Lao Tzu

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

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Leadership

"To lead people, walk beside them."

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"I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now."

- Edna Mode

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"If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves."

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"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

- Confucius

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"The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need."

- Ann Richards

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"I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be."

- Danny DeVito

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