A wise man once said “Whatever came to me, I looked on as God’s gift
for some special purpose, if it was a difficulty, I knew he gave it to me
to struggle with, to strengthen my mind and my faith.” That idea has
sweetened and helped me all of my life. Anonymous.

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The answer to prayer is slow;
the force of prayer is cumulative.
Not until life is over is the whole
answer given and the whole
strength understood.
Stopford Brooke
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People are like tea bags.
You find out how strong they are
when you put them in hot water.
Anonymous
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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger,
but in seeing it and conquering it.
Jean Paul Richter
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Be not anxious about tomorrow. Do today’s duty,
fight today’s battle and do not weaken and distrust
yourself by looking forward to things which you
cannot see and cannot understand if you saw them.
Charles Kingsley
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Courage conquers all things.
Ovid
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Take courage and turn your troubles into material for spiritual progress.
St Francis de Sales
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hen you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.
Jewish proverb
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What would life be if we had no courage to attemp anything?
Vincent van Gogh
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Fall seven times; stand up eight.
japanese proverb
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Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.
Thomas Merton
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During trying times, keep trying.
Anonymous

It takes a strong person to deal with tough times and difficult choices.
But you are a strong person. It takes courage but you possess the
inner courage to see you through. It takes being an active participant in
your life. But you are in the driving seat and you can determine the direction
you want tomorrow to go in. Hang in there…and take care to see that you
don’t lose sight of the one thing that is constant, beautiful and true:
Everything will be fine -and it will turn out that way because of the special
kind of person you are. So beginning today and lasting a lifetime through-hang
in there and don’t be afraid to feel like the morning sun is shining…just for you.
Douglas Pagels.

Faith isn’t anything you can see; it isn’t anything you can touch
But yo can feel it in your heart. faith is what keeps you trying
when others would have given up. It keeps you believing in
the goodness of others and helps you find it.
Faith is trusting in a power greater than yourselfand knowing
that whatever happens, this will carry you through anything.
It is believing in your self and having the courage to stand up
for what you believe in. Faith is peace in the midst of a storm,
determination in the midst of adversity,and safety in th midst of trouble.
For nothing can touch a soul that is protected by faith.
Barbara Cage

Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.   Iris Murdoch

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If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. Thich Nhat Han

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each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive and

it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.    Anais Nin

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True friendship multiplies the good in life and divided the evil.  Strive to have friends, for life

without friends is like life on a desert island, to find one good friend in a lifetime is good

fortune; to keep him is a blessing. Baltasar Gracian

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Make yourself a blessing to someone.  Your kind smile or a pat on the back just might pull

someone back from the edge.  Carmelia Elliot.

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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is.  But if you treat him as if he what he ought

to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.  Goethe

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If your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.  Romans 12:20

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The human spirit is stronger than anything that happens to it.  C.C.Scott

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Other people may be there to help us , teach us, guide us along our path.

But the lesson to be learned is always ours.  Melody Beattie

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When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you’re either going to

sink or you’re going to swim.  Tom Cruise

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Things do not change.  We change.  Henry David Thoreau

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A human beings first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.  Henry Winkler

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It,s important to be involed and stand up for what you believe in. Ione Skye

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Don’t forget to be kind to strangers.  For some who have done this have entertained

angels without realising it.  Hebrews 13:2

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“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and

not to harm you, plans to give you hope hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

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You are my refuge and my shield:and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119;114

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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow

with hope.  Romans 15.13

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The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.  Lamentations 3:25

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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God who

comforts us in all our troubles.  2 Corinthians 1:3-4

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We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him.  Romans 8:28

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“Come to me, all you whon are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

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Cast all your anxiety on the Lord because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

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Once freedom lights its beacon in a man’s heart the gods are powerless against him.

Jean-Paul Sarte (Writer)

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In future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon

four essential freedoms.  The first is the freedom of speech and expresssion, anywhere in the

world.  The second is the freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, everywhere

in the world.  The third is freedom from want .  The fourth is freedom from fear.

Franklin D Roosevelt (President)

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Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

Kris Kristofferson(Actor/Singer)

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Man is free the moment he wishes to be.

Voltaire(Writer)

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The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall.

He frees himself and shows the way that others.  Freedom and slavery are mental states.

Mahatma Ghandi

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Liberty when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

George Washington(President)

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It’s impossible to speak highly enough of the virtues, the dangers and the power of shared laughter.

Francoise Sagan (Novelist)

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Laughter has something in it in common with the ancient winds of faith and inspiration;

it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes men forget themselves in the presence of

something greater than themselves; something that they cannot resist.

G.K.Chesterton (Critic)

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When you know how to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously,

the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it.

Eleanor Roosevelt (Writer)

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Among those whom I like to admire, I can find no common demoninatot,

but among those I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

W.H. Auden (Poet)

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Laughter is sunshine in a house.

William Makepeace Thackeray(Writer)

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Laughter can relieve tension, soothe thepain of disappointment and strengthen the spirit for

the formidable tasks that always lie ahead.

Dwight D. Eisenhower(President)

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Laughter is a property in a man essential to his reason.

Lewis Carroll(Writer)

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A complete re-evaluation takes place in your physical and mental being when you’ve

laughed and had some fun.

Catherine Ponder(Writer)

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Humour is mankinds greatest blessing.

Mark Twain (Writer)

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He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh.

The Koran

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A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

Kahlil Gibran (Poet)

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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you

really stop to look fear in the face.  You must do the thing you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosavelt

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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues because, unless a man has that virtue,

he has no security for preserving the other.

Samuel Johnson(Writer)

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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage

is a man with a gun in his hand.  It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin

but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

Harper Lee (Novelist)

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My message to you is be courageous! Be as brave as your fathers before you.

Have faith! Go forward.

Thomas Edison

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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning, but give me the man

who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.

George Eliot

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Never bend your head, always hold it high.  Look the world in the face.

Hellen Keller(Writer)

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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my own ship.

Louisa May Alcott

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Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace.

Amelia Earhart

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Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through

endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.

Courage that could be described as “grace under pressure” grace which is renewed repeatedly in the

face of harsh, unremitting pressure.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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What’s the use of worrying?   It never was worthwhile, so pack up your

troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile.

George Asaf (Songwriter)

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I’ve found that worry and irritation vanish into thin air the moment I open

my mind to the many blessings I possess.

Dale Carnegie(Writer)

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You’re only here for a short visit.  Don’t worry and be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Walter C. Hagen(Golfer)

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Leave your worries and shoes outside the door.

Buddhist tradition

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Worries go down better with soup than without it.

Jewish Proverb

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A  cure for worrying, work is better than whisky.

Thomas Edison (Inventor)

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The reason worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

Robert Frost( Poet)

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I have spent most of my life worrying about things that never happened.

Mark Twain(Writer)

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Why worry it never gets darker than midnight.

Italian saying

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To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion.

To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never.  In a word let the spiritual, unbidden and

unconscious grow up through the common.  This is to be my symphony.

William Henry Channing ( Minister)

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When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance

that’s present, love, health,family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring

us pleasure, the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth.

Sara Ban Breathmach(Writer)

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To be content look backward at those who possess less than yourself, not forward to those who possess more.

Benjamin Franklin

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A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires can alone achieve peace,

and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires.

Bhagavad Gita

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Everything has it’s wonders, even darkness and silence and I learn, whatever state I’m in,

therein to be content.

Hellen Keller( Writer)

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Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content; The quiet mind is richer than a crown.

Robert Greene(Poet)

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He is richest who is content with least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Socrates

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