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> [“I’ve since found that if you hold your plans tightly, you’ll often miss the real call when it comes. The best of life usually happens outside your plans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-w-thompson/i-ve-since-found-that-if-you-hold-your-plans-tightly-you-ll-often/)

Roger W Thompson

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## More by Roger W Thompson

> [“We are shaped by what we commit ourselves to. We can look up and be shaped by mountains and sunsets. Or we can look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-w-thompson/we-are-shaped-by-what-we-commit-ourselves-to-we-can-look-up-and-be/)

Roger W Thompson

> [“I’ve since found that if you hold your plans tightly, you’ll often miss the real call when it comes. The best of life usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-w-thompson/i-ve-since-found-that-if-you-hold-your-plans-tightly-you-ll-often/)

Roger W Thompson

> [“The language of our hearts reflects the language of creation because in both are fingerprints of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-w-thompson/the-language-of-our-hearts-reflects-the-language-of-creation-because/)

Roger W Thompson

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