Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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