Encouraging Quotes

• There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

  Paulo Coelho

  Wisdom, Encouragement, Recovery

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Sep 14, 2016

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  Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

  Dalai Lama

  Good Morning, Happiness, Monday

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• A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Moving On, Encouragement

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  Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Don't ever allow yourself to feel trapped by your choices. Take a look at yourself. You are a unique person created for a specific purpose. Your gifts matter. Your story matters. Your dreams matter. You matter.

  Michael Oher

  Motivational, Dream, Unique

  Michael Oher (2012). “I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond”, p.192, Penguin

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  Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Family Practice" by Leigh Roche, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2015.

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• Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.

  Louis Mann

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

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• Don't allow your past or present condition to control you. It's just a process that you're going through to get you to the next level.

  T. D. Jakes

  Past, Progress, Next Level

  Twitter post from Nov 10, 2016

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• There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.

  Thornton Wilder

  Money, Humorous, Generosity

  "The Matchmaker". Play by Thornton Wilder. Act 4, 1957.

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• When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

  Haruki Murakami

  Change, Uplifting, Recovery

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 21, 2014

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• The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.

  Adam Osborne

  Business, Mistake, Not Giving Up

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  Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

  Marie Curie

  Life, Being Strong, Fear

  "Our Precarious Habitat". Book by Melvin A. Benarde, 1970.

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• Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

  Roger Crawford

  Optimistic, Adversity, Hard Times

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• We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Life, Dream, Believe

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• No matter your obstacles, live a happy life.

  Sam Berns

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• If someone broke your heart it doesn't mean you should build a wall around it and quit loving. Redirect your love.

  Rick Warren

  Wall, Heart, Mean

  Twitter post from Dec 19, 2013

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• On your journey to your dream, be ready to face oasis and deserts. In both cases, don't stop

  Paulo Coelho

  Motivational, Moving On, Dream

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 26, 2014

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• Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Funny, Life, Motivational

  "An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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• Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies.

  Paulo Coelho

  Beautiful, Sunset, Sky

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Aug 26, 2011

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• Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

  Dean Koontz

  Perseverance, Impossible, Permit

  Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.294, Bantam

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