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"Don't quit when you encounter an obstacle. Adapt a new strategy to conquer it."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Don't quit when you encounter an obstacle. Adapt a new strategy to conquer it."
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"If you stumble, you get back up. If you fall off the wagon, you have the next go at it. And then the next. And the next. And the next."
Auliq Ice
"If you stumble, you get back up. If you fall off the wagon, you have the next go at it. And then the next. And the next. And the next."
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"Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory."
John Steinbeck
"Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory."
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"Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they've been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative."
Lemony Snicket
"Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they've been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative."
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"Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them."
Criss Jami
"Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them."
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"In times of adversity we develop our senses of creativity and strength of our souls."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"In times of adversity we develop our senses of creativity and strength of our souls."
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"If you are going through hell, why the heck are you stopping to worry?"
Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana
"If you are going through hell, why the heck are you stopping to worry?"
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"She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone."
Brandon Sanderson
"She would always love him. But she would not cease to function because he was gone."
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"Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom."
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"The moment passed - but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. " But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes."
Mother Teresa
"The moment passed - but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. " But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes."
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"A mountain is not a man, though, and a stone is a mountain's daughter. I trust myself, and I trust my mules. I won't fall."
George R. R. Martin
"A mountain is not a man, though, and a stone is a mountain's daughter. I trust myself, and I trust my mules. I won't fall."
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"The race may be rough and tough, hard and hash, rude and crude, but only the pure and tough comes out clean and victorious."
Ikechukwu Joseph
"The race may be rough and tough, hard and hash, rude and crude, but only the pure and tough comes out clean and victorious."
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"A good half of the art of living is resilience."
Alain de Botton
"A good half of the art of living is resilience."
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"Storms pass by on their way to get all the colors needed to paint your rainbow."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Storms pass by on their way to get all the colors needed to paint your rainbow."
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"Whilst a level playing field cannot be guaranteed, one thing that is guaranteed is your fair share of challenges. It's not a matter of IF they come, but WHEN you will encounter them."
Archibald Marwizi
"Whilst a level playing field cannot be guaranteed, one thing that is guaranteed is your fair share of challenges. It's not a matter of IF they come, but WHEN you will encounter them."
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"You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you."
Criss Jami
"You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you."
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"If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can."
William Faulkner
"If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can."
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"People who are overwhelmed with troubles never do look back.They know only too well that misfortune follows in their wake."
Victor Hugo
"People who are overwhelmed with troubles never do look back.They know only too well that misfortune follows in their wake."
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"Joy is so deeply rooted in our souls that it is not tossed about by the waves of circumstance."
R. A. Delmonico
"Joy is so deeply rooted in our souls that it is not tossed about by the waves of circumstance."
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"Don't want no more rock, Orc repeated.The bleeding stopped almost immediately."Does it hurt? Lana asked. "I mean the rock. I know the hole hurts."No. It don't hurt. Orc slammed his fist against his opposite arm, hard enough that any human arm would have been shattered. "I barely feel it. Even Drake's whip, when we was fighting, I barely felt it.Suddenly he was weeping. Tears rolled from human eyes onto cheeks of flesh and pebbles."I don't feel nothing except, He pointed a thick stone finger at the flesh of his face."Yeah, Lana said. Her irritation was gone. Her burden was smaller, maybe, than Orc's."
Michael Grant
"Don't want no more rock, Orc repeated.The bleeding stopped almost immediately."Does it hurt? Lana asked. "I mean the rock. I know the hole hurts."No. It don't hurt. Orc slammed his fist against his opposite arm, hard enough that any human arm would have been shattered. "I barely feel it. Even Drake's whip, when we was fighting, I barely felt it.Suddenly he was weeping. Tears rolled from human eyes onto cheeks of flesh and pebbles."I don't feel nothing except, He pointed a thick stone finger at the flesh of his face."Yeah, Lana said. Her irritation was gone. Her burden was smaller, maybe, than Orc's."
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"Nothing goes away. Not on its own. You deal with it, or it deals with you."
Jonathan Safran Foer
"Nothing goes away. Not on its own. You deal with it, or it deals with you."
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"Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly."We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference."
Jim Butcher
"Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly."We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference."
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"One does not learn to suffer less but to dodge pain."
Anais Nin
"One does not learn to suffer less but to dodge pain."
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"To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place."
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"Out of frustrations, out of desperation, out of disappointments, out of mediocrity. out of idleness,out of limited insight, out of difficulties, out of insatiability, out of poverty, out of pain and the vicissitudes of life , so many people shall come to a conclusion that nothing is worth living for; not even what is solemn and sacred but, some shall always turn the woes of life into great land marks and indelible footprints worth emulating."
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
"Out of frustrations, out of desperation, out of disappointments, out of mediocrity. out of idleness,out of limited insight, out of difficulties, out of insatiability, out of poverty, out of pain and the vicissitudes of life , so many people shall come to a conclusion that nothing is worth living for; not even what is solemn and sacred but, some shall always turn the woes of life into great land marks and indelible footprints worth emulating."
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"It can't last forever. Others have thought such things, in bad times before this, and they were always right, they did get out one way or another, and it didn't last forever. Although for them it may have lasted all the forever they had."
Margaret Atwood
"It can't last forever. Others have thought such things, in bad times before this, and they were always right, they did get out one way or another, and it didn't last forever. Although for them it may have lasted all the forever they had."
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"Challenges are part of life. Overcoming them makes you a stronger person."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Challenges are part of life. Overcoming them makes you a stronger person."
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"Impatience has ruined many crowns; it had lured people to give up when they have just few minute to win, just few millimeters to touch the winning carpet!"
Israelmore Ayivor
"Impatience has ruined many crowns; it had lured people to give up when they have just few minute to win, just few millimeters to touch the winning carpet!"
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"Pure heart begets pure thoughts."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Pure heart begets pure thoughts."
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"Whatever life throws at you, don't turn your back on it; face it, and turn it into a future testimony."
Edmond Mbiaka
"Whatever life throws at you, don't turn your back on it; face it, and turn it into a future testimony."
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"It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be-even if it isn't what you expected."
Jim Butcher
"It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be-even if it isn't what you expected."
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"Life makes ugly faces at us sometimes, I know."
Edith Wharton
"Life makes ugly faces at us sometimes, I know."
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"Consider anything, only don't cry!"
Lewis Carroll
"Consider anything, only don't cry!"
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"The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build."
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"Everyone take his revenge on the world. My revenge consists in bearing my distress and anguish enclosed deeply within me while my laughter entertains everyone. If I see someone suffer I give him my sympathy, console him as best I can, and listen to him calmly when he assures me that I am fortunate. If only I can keep this up until the day I die I shall have had my revenge."
Soren Kierkegaard
"Everyone take his revenge on the world. My revenge consists in bearing my distress and anguish enclosed deeply within me while my laughter entertains everyone. If I see someone suffer I give him my sympathy, console him as best I can, and listen to him calmly when he assures me that I am fortunate. If only I can keep this up until the day I die I shall have had my revenge."
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"Back in my day, which was about a week and a half ago, we took our lumps and we got back up and we cried like babies and quit and then put on weight."
Joss Whedon
"Back in my day, which was about a week and a half ago, we took our lumps and we got back up and we cried like babies and quit and then put on weight."
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"The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell."
Joss Whedon
"The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell."
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"Always be in command of your music. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song."
Suzy Kassem
"Always be in command of your music. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song."
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"When people around you do not support your personal growth and reinvention, it doesn't mean you are on the wrong path or that you have to listen to them. Just because someone continues to judge you from where you were doesn't mean you have to stay there."
Susan C. Young
"When people around you do not support your personal growth and reinvention, it doesn't mean you are on the wrong path or that you have to listen to them. Just because someone continues to judge you from where you were doesn't mean you have to stay there."
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"Does your frustration equate a certain form of revenge?Bright light shines upon me despite of hills of frustration."
Angelica Hopes
"Does your frustration equate a certain form of revenge?Bright light shines upon me despite of hills of frustration."
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"Cats never weep, she told herself, no more than wolves. It's just a stupid dream."
George R. R. Martin
"Cats never weep, she told herself, no more than wolves. It's just a stupid dream."
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"What makes or breaks us ultimately is our attitude toward the things we can't control."
Marty Rubin
"What makes or breaks us ultimately is our attitude toward the things we can't control."
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"More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know."
Toni Morrison
"More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know."
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"...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life."
David Levithan
"...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life."
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"A person's industrious and creative mindset can overcome great obstacles that besiege their existence. Humankind's greatest unraveling is our propensity to panic when confronting the pealing silence of nothingness."
Kilroy J. Oldster
"A person's industrious and creative mindset can overcome great obstacles that besiege their existence. Humankind's greatest unraveling is our propensity to panic when confronting the pealing silence of nothingness."
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"It was really amazing the number of hard hits from which a mind could recover."
Stephen King
"It was really amazing the number of hard hits from which a mind could recover."
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"When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again."
Marilyn Monroe
"When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again."
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"Losing one feather does not prevent a bird from flying."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Losing one feather does not prevent a bird from flying."
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"I have yet to go through a struggle I didn't smile at later."
Darnell Lamont Walker
"I have yet to go through a struggle I didn't smile at later."
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"It's through delayed gratification that patience comes."
Sunday Adelaja
"It's through delayed gratification that patience comes."
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