Quotes

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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

- Anne Bradstreet

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“You cannot have everything. I mean, where would you put it?”

- Steven Wright

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“Lord, take me where you want me to go, let me meet who you want me to meet, tell me what you want me to say, and keep me out of your way. ”

- Prayer of Father Mychal Judge

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“Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball.”

- Mitzi Chandler

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“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the sea.”

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Heaven is a cheap purchase, whatever it cost.”

- Thomas Fuller

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“Begin by thanking Him for some little thing, and then go on, day by day, adding to your subjects of praise...until you see in everything some cause for thanksgiving. ”

- Priscilla Maurice

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“Optimists are less likely to suffer from high blood pressure or other early signs of cardiovascular disease than pessimists.”

- University of Helsinki study

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“The more you have, the more you're occupied; the less you have, the more free you are.”

- Mother Teresa

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Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

 

-Psalm 1271 Revised Standard Version

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“Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.”

- Oprah Winfrey

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“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.”

- Andre Gide

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“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reasons for remaining ashore.”

- Vincent Van Gogh

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“A man-pleaser cannot be true to God, because he is a servant to the enemies of his service; the wind of a man’s mouth will drive him about as the chaff, from any duty, and to any sin.”

- Richard Baxter

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“Adversity introduces a man to himself.”

- Anonymous

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“The soul is a muscle, and it needs to be exercised a little every day. Say a morning prayer just to say something. ”

- Catherine Hicks