The document contains quotes about topics such as the future being an opportunity rather than inheritance, losing reputation bringing freedom, having confidence being key to success, depression sometimes stemming from physical needs, optimism being denial of misery, imagination fueling daring acts, children learning happily ever after is false, willful ignorance of unwanted facts, and friendships surviving close quarters.

1. “ The future is not an inheritance, it is an opportunity and an obligation.” Bill Clinton

2. “ Until you’ve lost your reputation , you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.” Margaret Mitchel

3. “ IF YOU HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN SELF , YOU ARE TWICE DEFEATED IN THE RACE OF LIFE . WITH CONFIDENCE , YOU HAVE WON BEFORE YOU HAVE STARTED “. Marcus Garvey

4. A lot of what passes for depression these days is nothing more than a body saying that it needs work. Dr. Rajesh Patel

5. “ optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.” Voltaire

6. “ Imagination is the voice of daring . If there is anything godlike about god it is that . He dared to imagine everything.” Henry Miller

7. “ No one ever does live happily ever after, but we have the children to find that out for themselves.” Stephen King

8. “ people can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.”George Orwell

9. . “ if you can survive 11 days in cramped quarters with a friend and come out laughing , your friendship is the real deal” Oprah Winfrey

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