Acquiring knowledge doesn't bring power into your life, until you apply what you have learned.

— Shannon L. Alder

It is not so much about what life hands you, but what you do with what you get.

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CENTER-OF-THE-UNIVERSE, that was me entering the workplace. And I woke up one day soon after that, struggling at the bottom of a vast ocean. But I needed that. Humbling experiences are part of growing - they help shape us and mold our character. Welcome to life.

— Yay Padua-Olmedo

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If all you do is set goals and achieve them then you have learned to be a doer. Happiness isn’t at the end of the next goal. It is the journey of aligning your choices to mold your character into the type of person who lives their belief system, then creates a life purpose that reflects that same person.

— Shannon L. Alder

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We are surrounded by adversity but we shall triumph because we have a greater spirit.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm blessed when someone who I loved and trusted dropped me off, because I have a good choice to think and great lesson to learn.

— Sivaprakash Sidhu

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The only way you will ever be free is when you decide you have had enough of living up to the standards other people force upon you through shame. Never wear their chains of judgment when they can’t break free of their own.

— Shannon L. Alder

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Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.

— Alex Morritt

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Reality is a dream that someone was brave enough to conquer.

— Shannon L. Alder

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A few years ago, a taxi driver told me about a club & a dog. A waiter taught me a lesson about ladders today. Life is full of class sessions for those who have passion & listen.

— Indeewara Jayawardane

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