Life is full of surprises but you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Start there.

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Wherever you are, be all there.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Heaven is exactly where you are, hell is exactly where you are, now tell me exactly where you are.
VIKRANT PARSAI Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand.
LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS Remain unique. Just be you
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ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER I am who I am. U r who u r. Be who u r. Don't let nobody tell u different.
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DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
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JOB LAZARUS OKELLO. The perfect place for you to be right now is exactly where you are.
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You can be all that you want to be.
Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams.
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NEIL GAIMAN It's not who you are, but what you're made of. It's not where you come from, but where you're going ...
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Walking backwards is a lot like life. You can't really see where you going, only where you've been. ...
MATT MALDRE My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.
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DOUG DUCEY I enjoy this arena, ... There is nothing more empowering than knowing who you are, that you are wher...
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Be a master of yourself.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA We all have a duty to define who we are
SOTONYE ANGA When you have the strength to stand up for yourself ,the ones you love and the dignity and honor to ...
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I am me.
You are you.
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GERMANY KENT You are different from everyone in the crowd, that's why you are you
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you know what the best kind of organic certification would be? make an unannounced visit to a farm a...
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Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you....
JOHN STEINBECK Who are you?” I asked.
“Are we playing that game again?” she asked me with a nice smile. ...
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Be all that you can be.
You can be great.
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JASON BATEMAN ...in the end it's not just the big and small events that make you who you are, make your life what ...
LISA UNGER Search and find out what you are meant to do in this life, when you find it, do it
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YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe...
YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More...
HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes...
HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f...
HARRY YOU When it comes to learning, there are no boundaries and restrictions literally; all you have to do is...
AULIQ-ICE

Life is full of surprises. Just say "never" and you'll see.
UNKNOWN

You can’t perform well in what you don’t love to do well. You can lead in what you can’t perfo...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. T...
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