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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
- St. Francis of Assisi
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Lord, grant that I might not so much
seek to be loved as to love.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
- St. Francis of Assisi
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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
- St. Francis of Assisi
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips,
be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
- St. Francis of Assisi
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.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.
- St. Francis of Assisi
For it is in giving that we receive.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Where there is charity and wisdom,
there is neither fear nor ignorance.
- St. Francis of Assisi
No one is to be called an enemy,
all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm.
You have no enemy except yourselves.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
- St Francis of Assisi
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Above all the grace and the gifts
that Christ gives to his beloved
is that of overcoming self.
- St. Francis of Assisi
I have been all things unholy.
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
- St. Francis of Assisi
It is no use walking anywhere to preach
unless our walking is our preaching.
- St. Francis of Assisi
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service,
to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
- St. Francis of Assisi
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
- St. Francis of Assisi
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
...
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
- attributed to St. Francis of Assisi
The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your 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;
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.
- although attributed to St. Francis of Assisi,
this prayer first appeared (written in French) in 1912
Bringing a childlike wonder
and a beginner's mind to life
maximizes both success and joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha
Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We have only this moment,
sparkling like a star in our hand -
and melting like a snowflake.
- Marie B. Ray
As the evening beckons with the promise of tomorrow...
may your gratitude rise up and with strength answer, "yes."
- Mary Anne Radmacher
How do you want to be remembered?
Live life full out - Begin today.
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He is richest who is content with the least,
for content is the wealth of nature.
- Socrates
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile
can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Live a Life of Bold and Courageous Action
Inspired by Powerful Dreams.
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
- Marianne Williamson
Faith is taking the first step,
even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb)
We cannot choose our external circumstances,
but we can always choose how to respond to them.
- Epictetus
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
- Helen Keller
"Hurry up" ranks right up there with "you need to"
as a destroyer of our humanity.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
- Dolly Parton
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Be the Melody in the Symphony of Your Life.
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller
Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action.
When you can taste, smell, and touch your dreams,
you can enroll the world.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr (Serenity Prayer)
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller
In spite of unseasonable wind, snow
and unexpected weather of all sorts -
a gardener still plants.
And tends what they have planted ...
believing that Spring will come.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Footprints in the sands of time...
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Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
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You are never too old to set another goal
or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis
Love is when the other person's happiness
is more important than your own.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
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What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
- John Lubbock
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past,
but by the love we're not extending in the present.
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Fly Life on Free Wings, and Sing to its Glory.
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Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius
Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively,
the basic goods of life, with awe,
pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy,
however stale these experiences may have become to others.
- Abraham Maslow
Love Without Limits.
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