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“So what is it in a human life that creates bravery, kindness, wisdom, and reilience? What if it's pain? What if it's the struggle?”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

“You are not supposed to be happy all the time. Life hurts and it's hard. Not because you're doing it wrong, but because it hurts for everybody. Don't avoid the pain. You need it. It's meant for you. Be still with it, let it come, let it go, let it leave you with the fuel you'll burn to get your work done on this earth.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton

“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. It’s connection.”
― Johann Hari, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs

“After delayed gratification comes greater reward, better profit and greater glory.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The brave may not live forever – But the cautious do not live at all”
― Richard Branson, Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School

“To a large extent we see what we want to see rather than what is really there.”
― Jeremy Wade, River Monsters: True Stories of the Ones that Didn't Get Away

“I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe you are better off not doing it. A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“Only a fool never changes his mind.”
― Richard Branson, Like A Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School

“Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain, which often leads to long-term gains. The mistake many of us make is the need and want for short-term gains (immediate gratification), which often leads to long-term pain.”
― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

“I'm not a mess but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, 'For the same reason I laugh so often--because I'm paying attention.' I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved. We must decide.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

“What if pain - like love - is just a place brave people visit?”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

“What if in skipping the pain, I was missing my lessons?”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

“Life is hard—not because we’re doing it wrong, just because it’s hard.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

“It's ok to feel too much and know too little.”
― Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior