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Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don’t have calluses on your soul, this isn’t for you. Take up knitting instead. ↗

— David Eddings

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Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously. ↗

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

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The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing. ↗

— Alexandra Stoddard

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Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child. ↗

— Andrew Murray

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A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do. ↗

— Jane Goodall

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I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too." What?" I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind. ↗

— Mitch Albom

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Interesting choice," Sullivan said. He slid his gaze over to Paul, who was drumming his fingers on the table in a manic, caffeine-inspired way and blinking a lot. Paul wasn't out-and-out singing along with the king of the dead, but he might as well have put out a big neon sign saying "How's My Driving? Ask Me About My Nerves: 1-800-WIG-N-OUT." --James ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

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