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Our uniqueness makes us special, makes perception valuable - but it can also make us lonely. This loneliness is different from being 'alone': You can be lonely even surrounded by people. The feeling I'm talking about stems from the sense that we can never fully share the truth of who we are. I experienced this acutely at an early age.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.
The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.
None of us are immune to grief, and everyone who has suffered loss understands that grief changes, but you never wake up one morning and you've moved on. It stays with you, and, you know, you ebb and flow.
No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren't cool, just to establish themselves. That's what adolescence is about. They're gonna go through that no matter what.
You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
If you can reach out and touch and love and be with wildlife, you will forever be changed, and you will want to make the world a better place.
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program — your tax-dollar will go further.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
People in the street will either call me 'Prime Minister' or 'Justin'. We'll see how that goes. But when I'm working, when I'm with my staff in public, I'm 'Prime Minister'. I say that if we're drinking beer out of a bottle, and you can see my tattoos, you should be comfortable calling me 'Justin'.
It always surprises me how much my followers appreciate how candid my photos are — they may not have a particularly unique subject, but it's more about the light you shed on the subject than the subject itself.
When you blame others, you give up your power to change.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
