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title: "3 Painful Realities Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Sometimes in order for change to be made in a positive fashion, we must force ourselves to look unblinkingly at painful realities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/sometimes-in-order-for-change-to-be-made-in-a-positive-fashion-we/)

[Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/)

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> [Our tendency is to run from the painful realities or try to change them as soon as possible. But cure without care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/our-tendency-is-to-run-from-the-painful-realities-or-try-to-change/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/henri-nouwen-600_care_our-tendency-is-to-run-from-the-painful_1359687.png)

> [Leaders dig into their business to learn painful realities rather than peaceful illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orrin-woodward/leaders-dig-into-their-business-to-learn-painful-realities-rather/)

[Orrin Woodward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orrin-woodward/)

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