I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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LIFE equals Live In Full Effect! ~Joseph Simmons
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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