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“Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of living happily ever after; but defeat is a poor ending to any tale, so she kept trying.”
― Sonya Hartnett, The Ghost's Child

tags: fairytale, hardship, inspirational, life

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“Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn't taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and fear, that God isn't blind towards propagating your positive influence, and finally that you'll leave a meritorious legacy.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

tags: abilities, believe, believe-in-yourself, celebrate, celebration, covenant, do, faith, favour, gift, glad, god, good-influence, good-mark, good-things, goodness, greatness, hands, hapiness, happy, influence, joy, legacy, loving-god, making-a-difference, mark, meaning, merit, positive, positivity, prosperity, rejoice, rejoicing, say, self-doubt, testimony, thank-you, thankful, value, worth

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“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

tags: forgiveness, goodness, happiness, honesty, kindness, misattributed-to-mother-teresa, world

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