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The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The serpent that is unable to shed its coating must perish. In the same way, minds which are inhibited from transitioning their beliefs; they become stagnant.
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I tell you to keep going, not because it's easy. Not because it doesn't hurt. I tell you to keep going because there's no other way. To stop is to die. Life is in motion. In growth. In change. Life is in seeking and in finding. Life is in redemption. Each moment is a new birth. A new chance to come back, to get it right.
A new chance to make it better.
Yasmin Mogahed
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If you want to change the direction of your life, change the declaration of your lips
Steven Furtick
If you wish to alter the course of your life, modify the statements of your mouth.
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I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.
R. C. Sproul
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I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
Antonio Gramsci
I'm a realist thanks to my insight, but an idealist due to my determination.
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Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.
George Bernard Shaw
'Those who are inflexible in thought cannot bring about any transformation.'
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We are all here on this planet, as it were, as tourists. None of us can live here forever. The longest we might live is a hundred years. So while we are here we should try to have a good heart and to make something positive and useful of our lives. Whether we live just a few years or a whole century, it would be truly regrettable and sad if we were to spend that time aggravating the problems that afflict other people, animals, and the environment. The most important things is to be a good human being.
Dalai Lama
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Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.There's nothing like the local church when it's working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.
Bill Hybels
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I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'
Grace Kelly
I never make absolute statements.
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In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: 'When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?'
Angeles Arrien
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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
Giorgio Armani
Generate something extraordinary by persistently concentrating on the most insignificant particulars.
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The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
Stephen Covey
Organize your top priorities rather than arranging your timetable.
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Intolerance of your present creates your future.
Mike Murdock
'Inability to accept the present results in a predetermined future.'
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Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.
Jackie Kennedy
Once you can articulate yourself, you can make known to the world what you desire from it. All revolutions in the universe, for good or bad, were initially provoked by language.
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It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not 'you' or 'reality.' For instance, if you have the thought that you have to get a certain number of things done today and you don't recognize it as a thought but act as if it's the 'the truth,' then you have created a reality in that moment in which you really believe that those things must all be done today.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Charles Spurgeon
The snail's tenacity brought it to the ark.
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Happiness is not determined by what's happening around you, but rather what's happening inside you. Most people depend on others to gain happiness, but the truth is, it always comes from within.
John Spence
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Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you can see can inspire you.
Grace Coddington
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That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Steve Jobs
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Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
Brigitte Bardot
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Here is a mental treatment guaranteed to cure every ill that flesh is heir to: sit for half an hour every night and mentally forgive everyone against whom you have any ill will or antipathy.
Charles Fillmore
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I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.
Alexander McQueen
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Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.
Christian Louboutin
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If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.
Miuccia Prada
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Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.
Don Henley
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I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.
Yves Saint Laurent
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
Harold Wilson
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The forgiving state of mind is a magnetic power for attracting good.
Catherine Ponder
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Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
John Spence
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Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
Jim Valvano
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You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are now.
John Spence
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The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
Diana Vreeland
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Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Peter Drucker
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An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.
Albert Camus
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
Ovid
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The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.
T. K. V. Desikachar
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Nothing has given me more hope recently than to observe how simple conversations give birth to actions that can change lives and restore our faith in the future. There is no more powerful way to initiate significant social change than to start a conversation. When a group of people discover that they share a common concern, that's when the process of change begins.
Margaret J. Wheatley
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Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.
Coco Chanel
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I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
Harvey Fierstein
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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
Yo-Yo Ma
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Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.
Stella McCartney
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No one expects the rug to be yanked out from underneath them; life-changing events usually don’t announce themselves. While instinct and intuition can help provide some warning signs, they can do little to prepare you for the feeling of rootlessness that follows when fate flips your world upside down. Anger, confusion, sadness, and frustration are shaken up together inside you like a snow globe. It takes years for the emotional dust to settle as you do your best to see through the storm.
Slash