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  • #1
    “The fact that someone else loves you doesn't rescue you from the project of loving yourself.”
    Sahaj Kohl

  • #2
    Maya Angelou
    “Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it.”
    Maya Angelou

  • #3
    “I'm going to tell you a secret:
    You don't have to believe every thought that pops into your head.”
    B. Dave Walters

  • #4
    Faraaz Kazi
    “I think part of the reason why we hold so tight is because we fear something so great won’t happen twice.”
    Faraaz Kazi

  • #5
    “God is even in a single parent household.”
    Karen Salmansohn, Even God Is Single, So Stop Giving Me Such a Hard Time: (So Stop Giving Me a Hard Time

  • #6
    “Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. An honest woman can sell tangerines all day and remain a good person until she dies, but there will always be naysayers who will try to convince you otherwise. Perhaps this woman did not give them something for free, or at a discount. Perhaps too, that she refused to stand with them when they were wrong — or just stood up for something she felt was right. And also, it could be that some bitter women are envious of her, or that she rejected the advances of some very proud men. Always trust your heart. If the Creator stood before a million men with the light of a million lamps, only a few would truly see him because truth is already alive in their hearts. Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them. He who does not have Truth in his heart, will always be blind to her.”
    Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

  • #7
    Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
    “A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - BrainyQuote.

  • #8
    Leila Sales
    “Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together in a way that makes sense to them. And if you don't know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right. But the truth is, that isn't you. That isn't you at all.”
    Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

  • #9
    “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”
    Elisabeth Foley

  • #10
    Barbara Schmidt
    “If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.”
    Barbara Schmidt, The Practice: Simple Tools for Managing Stress, Finding Inner Peace, and Uncovering Happiness

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  • #12
    “It's not the stab in the back that kills you. It's when you turn around and see who's holding the knife!”
    Kendrick Perkins

  • #13
    Esther Hicks
    “Anything that you give your attention to will become your "truth." The Law of Attraction says that it must. Your life, and everyone else's, too, is but a reflection of the predominance of your thoughts. There is no exception to this.”
    Esther Hicks, Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires

  • #14
    Mandy Hale
    “Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.”
    Mandy Hale

  • #15
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    “We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”
    Georg Hegel

  • #16
    Lauren Morrill
    “But things work out, you know? Even if it doesn't feel okay for a long time, or even if it feels lke things will never be okay again, everything works out in the end.”
    Lauren Morrill, Meant to Be

  • #17
    Leonard Cohen
    “There is a crack in everything.
    That's how the light gets in.”
    Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968

  • #18
    “I no longer have the energy for meaningless friendships, forced interactions or unnecessary conversations. If we don’t vibrate on the same frequency there’s just no reason for us to waste our time. I’d rather have no one and wait for substance than to not feel someone and fake the funk.”
    Joquesse Eugenia

  • #19
    “You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce.”
    Tony Gaskins

  • #20
    “If you can't do anything about it, then let it go. Don't be a prisoner to the things you can't change.”
    Tony Gaskins

  • #21
    “To be content doesn't mean you don't desire more; it means you're thankful for what you have and patient for what's to come.”
    Tony Gaskins

  • #22
    “I forgive, but I also learn a lesson. I won’t hate you, but I’ll never get close enough for you to hurt me again. I can’t let my forgiveness become my foolishness.”
    Tony Gaskins

  • #23
    “We met for a reason, either you're a blessing or a lesson.”
    Frank Ocean

  • #24
    C.S. Lewis
    “I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis.”
    C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

  • #25
    Charles Bukowski
    “I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.”
    Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

  • #26
    William Ellery Channing
    “May your life preach more loudly than your lips.”
    William Ellery Channing

  • #27
    “True friends say good things behind your back and bad things to your face.”
    Anonymous

  • #28
    Anthony Hopkins
    “My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.”
    Anthony Hopkins

  • #29
    Charles A. Lindbergh
    “Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?”
    Charles Lindbergh

  • #30
    “When you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you understand the lyrics.”
    Frank Ocean



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