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Bob Goff
“Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.”
Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

“Life is not about how many times you fall down. It's about how many times you get back up.”
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Bob Goff
“Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.”
Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
“If you wonder why you choose to worship other gods rather than wholeheartedly devote yourself to the Lord you love, examine the thought and desires that captivate your heart. That’s where you’ll fin the answer to every sin and failure in your life. Don’t be deceived into thinking that you need to develop more willpower. We need to develop godly thoughts and desires.”
Elyse Fitzpatrick, Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone

M.L. Stedman
“But how? How can you just get over these things, darling?...You've had so much strife but you're always happy. How do you do it?'
'I choose to...I can leave myself to rot in the past, spend my time hating people for what happened, like my father did, or I can forgive and forget.'
'But it's not that easy.'
He smiled that Frank smile. 'Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things...I would have to make a list, a very, very long list and make sure I hated the people on it the right amount. That I did a proper job of hating, too: very Teutonic! No' - his voice became sober- 'we always have a choice. All of us.”
M. L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

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