Champions Keep Playing
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
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Tempted to Gamble
“If I am never tempted, and cannot even imagine myself being tempted, to gamble, this does not mean that I am better than those who are. The timidity and pessimism which exempt me from that temptation themselves tempt me to … Continue reading →
Failing to Try
“We will fail when we fail to try.” – Rosa Parks
Continue reading →Divine Support
“I can well believe that you were divinely supported at the time of your terrible calamity. People often are. It is afterwards, when the new and bleaker life is beginning to be a routine, that one often feels one has … Continue reading →
When Things Go Wrong
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” – Les Brown
Continue reading →Small Thoughts
“Sometimes we wonder why we aren’t happy, why we make sinful choices, why we feel distant from God. Often it’s because we have small thoughts about God and magnified thoughts of ourselves, our wants, our rights, our accomplishments.” – Nancy … Continue reading →
Present Blessings and Past Misfortunes
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which everyone has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all people have some.” – Charles Dickens
Continue reading →Fear of Life and Death
“Fear of life closes off more opportunities for us than fear of death ever does.” – Agnes Moorehead
Continue reading →Never to Suffer
“Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” – Edgar Allan Poe
Continue reading →Compassion and Suffering
“Compassion means entering the suffering of another in order to lead the way out.”Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
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