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    Mary Balogh
    “The suffering of a loved one was in many ways worse than one's one suffering because it left one feeling so very helpless.”
    ― Mary Balogh, First Comes Marriage
    tags: loved, suffering
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    Dodie Smith
    “Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.”
    ― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
    tags: love, suffering
    333 likes

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    Thich Nhat Hanh
    “If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.”
    ― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art of Power: A Zen Master's Guide to Redefining Power, Achieving True Freedom and Discovering Lasting Happiness in a Stressful World
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    “Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.”
    ― Charles Jones, Life Is Tremendous: Enthusiasm Makes the Difference!
    tags: perseverance
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  • #5
    I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn
    “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
    tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace
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    Robert Frost
    “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: life
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    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Lou Holtz
    “It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
    ― Lou Holtz
    tags: inspiration, motivation
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    Mary Kay Ash
    “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.”
    ― Mary Kay Ash
    tags: inspiration, resourcefulness
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    Tricia Cunningham
    “The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.”
    ― Tricia Cunningham
    tags: diet, fitness, health, inspiration, motivation
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    John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
    ― John F. Kennedy
    tags: chinese, crisis, danger, inspirational, opportunity
    4571 likes

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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: faith
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    Lyndon B. Johnson
    “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
    ― Lyndon B. Johnson
    tags: inspirational, moving-on
    527 likes

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    John Waters
    “I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder could sink the QE2. I've got an attitude problem and nobody better get in my way...I'm in a bad mood and the whole stupid little world is gonna pay!”
    ― John Waters, Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters
    tags: attitude, inspirational, negative
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    Geraldine Brooks
    “You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind you, you pretend not to hear, and keep going.”
    ― Geraldine Brooks, March
    tags: past, perseverance
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    Tracy McMillan
    “Everything works out in the end. if it hasn't worked out yet, then it's not the end.”
    ― Tracy McMillan, I Love You And I'm Leaving You Anyway
    tags: perseverance
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    Christopher McDougall
    “Suffering is humbling. It pays to know how to get your butt kicked.”
    ― Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
    tags: suffering
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    Voltaire
    “Injustice in the end produces independence.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: cause-and-effect, independence, injustice, suffering
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    Santosh Kalwar
    “Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.”
    ― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday
    tags: attainable, defeat, journey, life, other-side, stop, suffering
    353 likes

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    Jim Morrison
    “The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.”
    ― Jim MORRISON
    tags: freedom, individuality, inspirational, mask, personality, revolution, truth
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    Judy Garland
    “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”
    ― Judy Garland
    tags: be-yourself, greatness, individuality
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    Herb Ritts
    “Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.”
    ― Herb Ritts
    tags: america, americans, civil-rights, expression, gay-rights, homosexuality, individuality, liberty, usa
    109 likes

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  • #26
    “Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.”
    ― Jack Canfield
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  • #27
    Robert G. Allen
    “Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.”
    ― Robert G. Allen, The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth
    tags: desire
    58 likes

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    Denis Waitley
    “A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”
    ― Dennis Waitley
    tags: dreams, inspirational, motivation, vision
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    George Foreman
    “Don't be afraid to employ people who will force you out of your comfort zone.”
    ― George Foreman, Knockout Entrepreneur
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    Chris Guillebeau
    “Never despise small beginnings, and don't belittle your own accomplishments. Remember them and use them as inspiration as you go on to the next thing. When you venture outside your comfort zone, wherever the starting point may be, it's kind of a big deal.”
    ― Chris Guillebeau
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    Dean Karnazes
    “Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.”
    ― Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
    tags: inspirational, life, running
    187 likes



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