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17 Quotes To Live By In 2017

A little bit of inspiration this new year.

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Everyone loves a little bit of inspiration and motivation, so here are 17 quotes that you should live by in 2017.


1. "Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won't accept." - Anna Taylor

2. "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist." -Oscar Wilde

3. "Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody." -

4. "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." -Thomas Jefferson

5. "Wherever you are, be all there." -Jim Elliot

6. "Be silly. Be honest. Be kind." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. "In between goals is a thing called life. That has to be lived and enjoyed." -Sid Caesar

8. "I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being." -Maya Angelou

9. "If you're scared, just be scarier than whatever is scaring you!" -Thumper

10. "We are our choices." -J.P. Sartre

11. "The measure of intelligence is the ability to change." -Albert Einstein

12. "And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy, and your eyes sparkling." -Shanti

13. "Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." -Will Rogers

14. "The best way out is always through." -Robert Frost

15. "Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Suess

16. "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." -J.K. Rowling

17. "The purpose of this glorious life is not simply to endure it but to soar, stumble, and flourish as you learn to fall in love with existence. We were born to live my dear, not to merely exist." -Becca Lee

Happy New Year!

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