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Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past. ↗

— Fred Rogers

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When one door closes, another door opens; but we so often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. ↗

— Alexander Graham Bell

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I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength ↗

— Adam Young

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To those who are given much, much is expected. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us...It was all about letting go of everything. p.7 ↗

— Pema Chödrön

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When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. ↗

— James Thurber

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We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? ↗