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“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
Sadness, frustration, hardship, and loss are almost unavoidable in life. Therefore, praying for an easy life would be an unrealistic expectation. There’s no such thing as a life free of these conditions no matter your geographic location, socioeconomic status, age, or piety. The truth is, there are always going to…
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“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
In the story of Cinderella, the glass slipper fits one person and one person only: Cinderella. However, realistically, there would be others with the same shoe size while there would be those whom the same shoe doesn’t fit. It’s a simple fact of life that we can’t all wear the…
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“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
Most babies and toddlers are naturally prone to smiling and laughing with the slightest amusement or provocation. But as we grow older, the realities of life set in, we begin to realize what we have and don’t have, and we begin to compare ourself. Meanwhile, events and circumstances occur that…
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“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.”
“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”
“If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off… no matter what they say.”
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“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
Being miserable while pursuing your goals only makes it less likely for those goals to succeed. This is not to say we pretend to be happy when we find that we’re miserable in the process. Rather, if we’re not happy or having fun, it’s an indication that we may need…
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“We all have problems. But it’s not what happens to us, it’s the choices we make after.”
Elizabeth Smart has survived the unimaginable. And for someone who’s had her experience to be able to move forward with their life in such a positive way is nothing short of amazing. This quote, from Smart, reminds us that our negative experiences don’t have to define us. However, the choices…
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“The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.”
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
“Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.”
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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
This quote comes from Swiss-American psychiatrist and author Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. She is known for coming up with the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance; and her writing and viewpoints have been recognized worldwide. However, this quote is not about death or grief, the primary focus of her…
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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”
In 2005, Steve Jobs delivered a commencement speech at Stanford University. It’s a very thoughtful and inspiring speech. To watch or read it in full, click here. This quote is lifted from that speech, stating: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only…
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“To make a change, you need to be aware and acknowledge that something isn’t working first.”
When it comes to changing something that’s not working, you first have to see that it’s not working. It seems like a no-brainer. But sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know. And a much needed change may not be so evident. This quote, by Justin Kan, reminds us of…
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“The first step to living the life that you want is leaving the life that you don’t want.”
When we think of living the life we want, our first inclination is to think of all the things we need to add to it or begin. However, as writer Karen Salmansohn suggests in this quote, we might be missing another key step before all of that. Before we start…
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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.”
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
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“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”
This quote, by Jim Rohn, serves as a great reminder of the power of change. Change can be scary. It’s usually not something we go out of our way to find. But avoiding it altogether makes it very unlikely for us to ever alter our current circumstance. For our lives…
