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"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."--Henry Ford. I like this quote because it reinforces the power of positive thinking. If you think you can do something and believe in yourself you will likely be able to accomplish it.
"Long you live and high you fly...And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry...And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be."-Pink Floyd
One of the more recent ones: "Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it's not real?" -Albus Dumbledore
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
How you dare to tell me that I'm my father's son, when that was just an accident of birth. I'd rather look around me and compose a better song, for that's the honest measure of my worth. - Jethro Tull