Sometimes you only get one chance to rewrite the qualities of the character you played in a person's life story. Always take it. Never let the world read the wrong version of you.

— Shannon L. Alder

I am the master of my mind. I dwell on positive thoughts.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Countless possibilities exist in any situation. You must maintain a positive outlook to see the miraculous possibilities.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Choice, choices, choices! Choose rightly. Choose the things that brings you highest fulfillment.Commit your life to the choices you have made.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Dharma is not about believing in God. It’s about making the right choices, doing the right things and leading the right life.

— Anurag Shourie

If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us anything, it is that supposedly worthy displays of democracy in action can actually do more harm than good. Witness a nation now more divided; an intergenerational schism in the making; both a governing and opposition party torn to shreds from the inside; infinitely more complex issues raised than satisfactory solutions provided. It begs the question 'Was it really all worth it' ?

— Alex Morritt
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Dreaming pleasantly is spiritual.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Holy dreams.Holy decisions.Holy choices.Holy actions.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Accept who are you and your uniqueness. Define your choices and believes.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Do we need to wait until the next life to experience true happiness? Of course not; we can experience it now. By making that choice to be happy and optimistic, we can have a little bit of Heaven on Earth.

— Lindsey Rietzsch