"Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need."
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"It's not about 'what can I accomplish?' but 'what do I want to accomplish?' Paradigm shift."
"Don’t waste another day of your life grieving over something that you cannot do anything about. Let God give you a new beginning. Your mistakes are not enough to stop God if you don’t let them."
"Diwali means to be in the present, so drop the regrets of the past and the worries of the future and live in the moment. It is a time to forget the bickering and negativities that have happened through the year. It is a time when you throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning."
"Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt."
"Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of truth, for then he can be trusted."
"New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become."
"The births of all things are weak and tender and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings."
"Your mind, this globe of awareness, is a starry universe. When you push off with your foot, a thousand new roads become clear."
"What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do."
"God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new beginning at all; they can only pray for one. Where people are on their own and live by their own devices, there is only the old, the past."
"Each morning is a new beginning of our life. Each day is a finished whole. The present day marks the boundary of our cares and concerns. It is long enough to find God or lose Him, to keep faith or fall into disgrace."
"New level, New devil."
"You have a great God who loves you and cares about you. Be full of hope that something good can happen to you. God is a master at new beginnings. He loves fresh beginnings, He makes all things new."
"For a true writer each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed."
"It all begins when the soul would have its way with you."
"Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a new beginning... Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives, and let us resolve to face the challenges of the new year holding that conviction firmly in our hearts. That, after all, is our greatest strength and our greatest gift as Americans."
"Every end in history necessarily contains a new beginning."
"He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap"
"For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment."