"True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice."
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"My mother gave me a piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. The correction was the meat, the substance. And then she would sandwich that, sandwich that with another piece of bread, which was love and encouragement. That was very important in shaping and molding our morality, our understanding of ourselves, making sure that we didn’t think we were better than or less than anyone, feeling no more worthy or no less worthy than anyone else."
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"Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you'd rather not go."
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"In this crazy world, there's an enormous distinction between good times and bad, between sorrow and joy. But in the eyes of God, they're never separated. Where there is pain, there is healing. Where there is mourning, there is dancing. Where there is poverty, there is the kingdom."
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"Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them wait for the one unit a year in which they are allowed to choose their own books and become readers, they may never read at all. To keep our students reading, we have to let them."
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"Today you can start forming habits for overcoming all obstacles in life... even nicotine cravings"
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"When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the loyalty, helpfulness, and encouragement we have received from others, our desire grows to pass on similar gifts. Gratitude spurs us on to prove ourselves worthy of what others have done for us. The spirit of gratitude is a powerful energizer."
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"I am always doing what I can't do yet in order to learn how to do it."
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"If people like you they'll listen to you, but if they trust you they'll do business with you."
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"Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal."
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"Keep in mind that our community is not composed of those who are already saints, but of those who are trying to become saints. Therefore let us be extremely patient with each other's faults and failures."
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"He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed."
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"There's a huge difference between achieving to be happy and happily achieving."
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"How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win."
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"Good words are worth much, and cost little."
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"Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us."
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"Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners."
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"Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love."
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"Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go."
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"Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully."
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