Deborah
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“In reality, failure is simply feedback. It’s not that you are bad or not good enough or incapable. Failure (or feedback) gives you the opportunity to look at what’s not working and figure out how to make it work.”
― The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy
― The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”
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“All the people in your life are truly doing the best they can with what they have. People can only love you to the capacity that they are able to love themselves. They can only forgive and embrace you to the capacity that they are able to forgive and embrace themselves. They can only give you what they have the capacity to give. You may think that you deserve more, and you may be correct. But that means nothing if a person simply doesn’t have the ability to give it to you.”
― No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love
― No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love
“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
― Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World
― Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World
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