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#1

“Consider the model of [your] local chain pharmacy, where every addictive processed food sold in the front of the store ensures that you will eventually require everything sold by the pharmacy in back.”
― John Eddy

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#2

“Breath is one of the greatest tools we have. By controlling it, we can access our endocrine system without the use of drugs, alcohol, or other stimuli. Through powerful Pranayama exercises, yogis have been leveraging the power of “the infinite pharmacy within” for thousands of years. We have these same capacities today. Realizing that there is something you can do to change your mood, which simultaneously strengthens your body is pretty amazing.”
― Carol Horton, 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics, and Practice

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#3

“It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.”
― George Harrison

tags: beatles, carpe-diem, future, past, present, time

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#4

“It's worth making time to find the things that really stir your soul. That’s what makes you really feel alive. You have to say ‘no’ to other things you’re used to, and do it with all your heart.”
― Roy T. Bennett

tags: awareness, heart, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, soul, soul-and-heart, stir-your-soul, time

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#5

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
― Anglican clergyman

tags: aspirations, prayer, spirituality

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#6

“there is a God, there always has been. I see him here, in the eyes of the people in this [hospital] corridor of desperation. This is the real house of God, this is where those who have lost God will find Him... there is a God, there has to be, and now I will pray, I will pray that He will forgive that I have neglected Him all of these years, forgive that I have betrayed, lied, and sinned with impunity only to turn to Him now in my hour of need. I pray that He is as merciful, benevolent, and gracious as His book says He is.”
― Khaled Hosseini

tags: faith, grace, mercy, prayer

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#7

“There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who do not. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living.”
― José N. Harris

tags: a-story-of-faith, drama, hope-and-love, life, living, prayer, resilience, stength, struggling, walk-away

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#8

“Lord, when I feel that what I'm doing is insignificant and unimportant, help me to remember that everything I do is significant and important in your eyes, because you love me and you put me here, and no one else can do what I am doing in exactly the way I do it.”
― Brennan Manning, Souvenirs of Solitude: Finding Rest in Abba's Embrace

tags: faith, prayer, purpose, religious, role, roles, self-worth

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#9

“I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia

tags: faith, fool, humor, self-confidence, self-irony

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#10

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: god, world

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#11

“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
― Elbert Hubbard

tags: faith, god, wisdom

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#12

“Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.”
― Criss Jami

tags: broken, broken-hearts, comforting, crying, doctor, father, god, healing, heart, heartbreak, heavenly-father, hurt, listen, listening, loss, pain, recovery, tears

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#13

“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.”
― Thomas Merton

tags: destiny, life, purpose

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#14

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”
― Shannon Alder

tags: achievements, charity, commencement-speech, death, death-and-dying, dying, epitaph, eulogy, funerals, goals, gravestone, hearts, kindness, legacy, life, life-lessons, life-missions, life-purpose, purpose, speeches, stories, story, tombstones, tribute

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#15

“God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”
― Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

tags: love, purpose

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#16

“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book… or you take a trip… and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death. Some never awaken.”
― Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

tags: anais, nin

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#17

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: creation, creative, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking, worry

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#18

“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
― Brian Tracy

tags: be-yourself, life, remaining-silent, reticence, wisdom

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#19

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: remaining-silent, speaking, tact

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#20

“in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.”
― Abraham Lincoln

tags: ignorance, knowledge, remaining-silent, wisdom

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#21

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.”
― Alan Alda

tags: assumptions, close-mindedness, intelligence, isaac-asimov, knowledge, open-mind, open-mindedness, open-minds, opinions, receptivity, science, science-of-mind

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#22

“If you promise to love, trust, respect, support and stand by someone no matter what, do not just speak those words when times are good. Live those words when challenges arise. The stronger the love and commitment, the more unbreakable the bond. United hearts will never be easily divided.”
― Carlos Wallace, The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity

tags: bond, commitment, hearts-of-people, lovers, lovers-quotes, true-love, true-love-quotes

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#23

“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to leave and find ways of educating yourself — educating your own judgements. Those that stay must remember, always, and all the time, that they are being moulded and patterned to fit into the narrow and particular needs of this particular society.”
― Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook

tags: conformity, education, feminism, knowledge-power, quip, school

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#24

“If you trust yourself much, you can change your life easily just like you can change the places of the feathers with a simple blow!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

tags: change-life, feathers, life-quotations, life-quotes, life-quotes-and-sayings, mehmet-murat-ildan-quotes, trust-quotes, trust-yourself

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#25

“If we want more healing and peace in the world, let us each start with our homes, our relationships, our mindsets, and ourselves.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

tags: declutter, healing, mindfulness, mindset, minimalism, minimalist, organize, peace, simplify, world-peace

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#26

“As I declutter and downsize, I gradually discover more of my essence and my purpose.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

tags: clutter, declutter, downsize, essence, minimalism, minimalist, organizing-your-life, purpose, purpose-in-life, simplify

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#27

“Life has a tendency to provide a person with what they need in order to grow. Our beliefs, what we value in life, provide the roadmap for the type of life that we experience. A period of personal unhappiness reveals that our values are misplaced and we are on the wrong path. Unless a person changes their values and ideas, they will continue to experience discontentment.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

tags: change-your-life, change-your-thoughts, discontentment, journey-in-life, journey-in-life-quotes, journey-of-life, life-experience-quotes, life-experiences, life-lessons, mindset, mindset-change, mindset-quotes, self-actualization, self-awareness, self-determination, self-development, self-discovery, self-mastery, self-realization, self-reflection, unhappiness, unhappiness-quotes, unhappy-people

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#28

“Do you know great minds enjoy excellence, average minds love mediocrity and small minds adore comfort zones?”
― Onyi Anyado

tags: brainy-quote, business-quotes, distinction, distinctive-footprints-of-life, entrepreneur, entrepreneur-quotes, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship-quotes, excellence, excellence-in-leadership, inspirational-quote, leadership, leadership-development, mind-power, mindset, onyi-anyado, quotes-of-the-day, richard-branson, startup, startups, strategy

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#29

“Organization isn't about perfection; it's about efficiency, reducing stress and clutter, saving time and money and improving your overall quality of life.”
― Christina Scalise, Organize Your Life and More

tags: clutter, life, money, organization, organize, perfection, quality-of-life, stress, time

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