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“Without darkness, there are no dreams.”
If you happen to sleep with your eyes open in complete brightness, then you may not understand this quote. Otherwise, you’ll understand that without darkness, there are no dreams. You literally have to close your eyes in order to create darkness so you can fall asleep. This quote, by Karla…
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“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.”
“Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”
“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.”
This quote, by Marcel Proust, is about life’s journey of discovery. It’s a journey that’s not solely about discovering new places. Rather, it’s the journey of discovering new perspectives–learning new things, gaining new insights, having a better understanding. When we manage to see with a new point of view, we…
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“It’s the rough side of the mountain that’s the easiest to climb; the smooth side doesn’t have anything for you to hang on to.”
This quote comes from Aretha Franklin during a 1964 interview for Ebony Magazine; and it serves as a great illustration for life. Turns out, a smooth mountain and a smooth life are quite similar because they both leave you with nothing to hang on to. On a smooth terrain, it’s…
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“When you finally learn your self–worth, you stop giving others discounts.”
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.”
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“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”
This quote comes from the film Good Will Hunting. It first affirms that you’ll have bad times. To go through life without anything bad ever happening is simply impossible. Even from the perspective of a baby, there are “bad times”. It’s a bad time every time they want something and…
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“Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.”
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”
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“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
The possibility of having a dream come true is hope in a nutshell. And according to this quote from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, having that possibility, or hope, is what makes life interesting. You never know if and when a dream will come true. You never know if and when…
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“God has perfect timing; never early, never late. It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith, but it’s worth the wait.”
“There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.”
“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.”
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“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes―understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”
Sometimes in an attempt to avoid making the wrong decision and experiencing failure, we avoid taking any meaningful action. However, this quote by Arianna Huffington helps us to adopt the mindset of accepting that we won’t always make the right decision and that failure is imminent. This mindset can help…
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Living Life Poetically: The Wait of the Parted Two
The poem, “The Wait of the Parted Two”, is similar in thought to another poem called “Moments in Time.” However, it applies the arbitrary concept of time to how long it actually takes to reunite with our dearly departed from both their and our perspectives. Furthermore, it poses questions we…
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The “Life Maze”
There’s a big difference between the maze you see drawn on paper and a physical maze one, typically made out of hedges. Sometimes, when we’re not sure which way to go in life, it helps to imagine our life as a physical maze. This depiction reveals three important realities about…
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“It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
This quote, by Benjamin E. Mays, reminds us that having goals puts us at risk of disappointment, because we may not reach all of them. So we might be tempted to not have any goals at all. If there’s nothing we’re trying to reach, then we’d never have to feel…
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“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
Sometimes we look at something one day and appreciate its beauty. But when we look at it another day, we might barely noticing it. Perhaps we do notice it, but we only see its flaws. Meanwhile, the thing we’re looking at is still the same. Whether it’s something physically around…
