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Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high… — Malala Yousafzai
What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one… — Donna Tartt
There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his… — Norman Vincent Peale
Focus on your potential instead of your limitations. — Alan Loy McGinnis
Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who belongs to the company… — D. Elton Trueblood
To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set your own conditions to the events of each day. To do… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire… — Frederick Douglass
In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, he asks us to be strong and take courage. — Bruce Wilkinson
Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful middle way...... Could… — Pema Chodron
If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away? — Lord Chesterfield
To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead… — Jim Rohn
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character,… — James Buckham Kennedy
We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail, there is still… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before… — George Bernard Shaw
Smart recessionary marketing means not waiting for business to return to normal. Instead, you should cash in on this invaluable opportunity your more cautious competitors… — Sarah Carter
I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a… — Unknown Author
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death. — James F. Byrnes
Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it. — Madeleine L'Engle
Though we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water those seeds and instead nourish our… — Nhat Hanh
I could see peace instead of this. — Confucius
We are to forgive so that we may enjoy God's goodness without feeling the weight of anger burning deep within our hearts. Forgiveness does not… — Charles Stanley
Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to… — Pope John Paul II
Wherever politics intrudes upon economic life, political success is readily attained by saying what people like to hear rather than what is demonstrably true. Instead… — Hans F. Sennholz
We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people support… — Walter Lippmann
The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow... — Oprah Winfrey

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