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Rise Strong IX

Quotes by Harvey Mackay, Charles Caleb Colton, B.K.S. Iyengar, Socrates, & Brandon Mull | Images by Ömür Murat Zehir & Kamil

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“Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.”

— Harvey Mackay —

“All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, by by rising above them.”

— Charles Caleb Colton —

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