“I tried not to lose hope and remembered a popular mantra from my country: “Forward ever, backward never.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
“If at some point you don’t ask yourself, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ then you’re not doing it right.” Roland Gau”
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“When you leave a relationship at the right time, you can still cherish the good parts. But when you let it go on for too long, all that you’re left with are the messy parts”.”
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
― Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Given all the hardship I’ve experienced, it would be easy to think that the world is full of bad people, but I prefer to think that most people are good. It’s just that the good people make less noise.”
― North to Paradise
― North to Paradise
“When we prove to ourselves that we can get broken down and then build ourselves back up, we realize what seemed impossible was just a self-imposed limitation caused by self doubt. We can apply that same lesson to our relationships, our jobs, our lives. It changes our perspective on everything.”
― Activate Your Greatness
― Activate Your Greatness
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