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> [Real life is not always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgment of what is working in our lives can help us not only survive but surmount our difficulties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/real-life-is-not-always-going-to-be-perfect-or-go-our-way-but-the/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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## More by Sarah Ban Breathnach

> [The greatest secret to living a happy, fulfilled life is the realization that everything is created in our minds before it manifests itself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/the-greatest-secret-to-living-a-happy-fulfilled-life-is-the/)

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> [I learned a priceless lesson and one that everyone can use today - it's never the amount of money we have or haven't; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/i-learned-a-priceless-lesson-and-one-that-everyone-can-use-today-it-s/)

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> [“Always remember that striving and struggling precede success, even in the dictionary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/always-remember-that-striving-and-struggling-precede-success-even-in/)

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> [ “The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of \[woman\]. —JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/the-thirst-after-happiness-is-never-extinguished-in-the-heart-of/)

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> [Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/every-time-we-remember-to-say-thank-you-we-experience-nothing-less/)

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> [...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/start-thinking-of-yourself-as-an-artist-and-your-life-as-a-work-in/)

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> [“We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us. —WINSTON CHURCHILL The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/we-shape-our-dwellings-and-afterwards-our-dwellings-shape-us-winston/)

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> [“start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/start-thinking-of-yourself-as-an-artist-and-your-life-as-a-work-in-2/)

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> [Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/harmony-is-the-inner-cadence-of-contentment-we-feel-when-the-melody/)

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> [“Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/realize-the-past-no-longer-holds-you-captive-it-can-only-continue-to/)

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> [“Beguile us in the way you know,” poet Robert Frost”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/beguile-us-in-the-way-you-know-poet-robert-frost/)

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> [“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line,” Lucille Ball advised. “You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/love-yourself-first-and-everything-else-falls-into-line-lucille-ball/)

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> [Once you accept and rejoice in your authenticity, you begin to see things as YOU are. You begin to see the authentic self is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/once-you-accept-and-rejoice-in-your-authenticity-you-begin-to-see/)

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> [“Out of clutter, find simplicity. —ALBERT EINSTEIN After”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/out-of-clutter-find-simplicity-albert-einstein-after/)

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> [Today you may not be familiar with the happiness habit. But like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/today-you-may-not-be-familiar-with-the-happiness-habit-but-like-any/)

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