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Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Confidence
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Courage
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Persons
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Really
Breathing

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Don't try to live. Let yourself be lived.
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It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
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You can end half your troubles immediately by no longer permitting people to tell you what you want.
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One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.
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It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
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