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If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. Success begins with your own will, Its all in your state of mind. Life’s battles are not always won by those who are stronger and faster. But sooner or later, the person who wins is the person who THINKs he can. ↗

— ~ Walter D. Wintle

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Ordinary life goes on--that has saved many a man's reason. ↗

— Graham Greene

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And if college is all wrong for you, if you really don't like it in the way you fear, well - it won't be a waste to have gone. Having bad experiences sometimes helps; its makes it clearer what it is you should be doing. I know that sounds very Pollyannaish but it's true. People who have had only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very deep. It may seem a misfortune now, and it makes things difficult, but well - it's easy to feel all the happy, simple stuff. Not that happiness is necessarily simple. But I don't think you're going to have a life like that, and I think you'll be the better for it. The difficult thing is to not be overwhelmed by the bad patches. You mustn't let them defeat you. You must see them as a gift - a cruel gift, but a gift nonetheless. ↗

— Peter Cameron

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If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up someplace else. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#life-purpose #life

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #parent #witness #life

When you realize the value of all life you dwell less on past and concentrate more on the conservation of the future. ↗

— Dian Fossey

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ليس هناك شيء يمكنك قوله لتجعل شخصًا ما يتوقف عن الشعور بالألم . ففي نصف المرات ، أشعر وحسب أنني يجب أن أخبرهم الحقيقة . وأن أقول : سوف تشعرون لمدة ثلاثة أشهر بشكل أسوأ مما شعرتم به في حياتكم ، وسوف تكافحون قدر استطاعتكم ، وبعد سنة أشهر لا يكون الألم بذلك السوء ، ولكنه لا يزال يؤلم أكثر مما تظنون ، حتى بعد سنوات ، ستبقون تجدون أنفسكم تفكرون بالشخص الذي فقدتموه ، وتحزنون بشأن ذلك ، وستبقون تفتقدونه طوال الوقت ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life-lessons #miss #novel #pain #death

You control your own destiny. Never let anyone put you in a box and say 'This is your space'; You have the whole world to choose from. If you have something to say, say it. Live your life as you want to live it, not how others perceive your life to be lived. Take control. Today. ↗

— Michelle Geaney

#life #michelle-geaney #inspirational

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. ↗

— Mark Twain

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All stories are love stories. ↗

— Robert McLiam Wilson

#love #writing #life