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“That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.”
― Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

“That there needed neither art nor science for going to GOD, but only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to nothing but Him, or for His sake, and to love Him only.”
― Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

“I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.”
― Victor Frankl, Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning

“The truth-that love is the highest goal to which man can aspire.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“It is not enough to recognize what is right and true. One must control the impulse to do what is wrong and easy.”
― Andy Andrews, The Lost Choice: A Legend of Personal Discovery

“There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.”
― Andy Andrews, The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

“Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
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― Jim Rohn

“Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.”
― Jim Rohn

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away,but love stays with us. Love is God.”
― Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

“If I could give you information of my life it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do in His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing. I have worked hard, very hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything.”
― Florence Nightingale

“I attribute my success to this:—I never gave or took an excuse.”
― Florence Nightingale

“Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.”
― Anthony Robbins

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Life after Death

“There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“It is very important that you only do what you love to do. you may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do. Otherwise, you will live your life as a prostitute, you will do things only for a reason, to please other people, and you will never have lived. and you will not have a pleasant death.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.”
― Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.

“It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.”
― Joel Osteen

“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.”
― Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“All events are blessings given to us to learn from.”
― Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

“When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies...I'm gonna play and dance and sing.”
― Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“It is very important that you only do what you love to do. You may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross