“…you need to be authentic with another living person. Too strong a need for public polish can pervert you.”
– Ilana Simons
Fire it up
“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”
—Jean De La Fontaine (1621-1695), poet, writer
The trouble with trying to change
“Everyone wants to change, or evolve, but either the people around us aren’t ready for it, or the machinations of the world conspire to trip us up.”
– Matt Debenham
May God Give You…
“For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song and an answer for each prayer.”
– Irish Blessing
Capabilities
“If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.”
— Thomas Edison
Our Finer Moments
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”
M. Scott Peck
Get back up
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
—Confucius
God’s Plan
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go for it!
“When you get the chance, go for it. You can’t accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself.”
– Oprah Winfrey, p.230 O Magazine, July 2007
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