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Love happens! I release the desperate need for love, and instead, allow it to find me in the perfect time-space sequence. — Louise Hay
People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities… — Leo Tolstoy
So let us begin anew -- remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.… — John F. Kennedy
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward. — Drew Houston
Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues. — Vincent Van Gogh
Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work:… — C.S. Lewis
When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. — Elizabeth Lesser
We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. — Chogyam Trungpa
It's amazing what we lose in life by listening to fear, instead of listening to God. — Joyce Meyer
You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use… — Albert Ellis
Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer. — Oswald Chambers
Instead of looking for the success in your life, look for the thing that is going to bring you the greatest joy. — Oprah Winfrey
I think this..."perfectionist gene" that too many young women have holds them back, and instead they should be really aiming for "good enough." You don't… — Hillary Clinton
You have to be able to focus, to control your energy. You need to make it your ally, instead of trying to harness it, to… — Elvis Stojko
Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before… — John Climacus
You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of… — John Climacus
[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice to an old… — John Cassian
If you put something fragrant on to burning coals, you motivate those who approach to come back again and to stay near, but if instead… — Gregory Palamas
If the government were obliged to come to the people for money instead of vice-versa, the people would keep government under control and operate their… — E.C. Riegel
As long as we cling to the superstition that we must look to government for money supply, instead of requiring it to look to us,… — E.C. Riegel
The soul is not a physical entity, but instead refers to everything about us that is not physical - our values, memories, identity, sense of… — Harold S. Kushner
I didn't just start with ...local city officials because I knew that they would understand the problem. I started with them because I knew that… — Michelle Obama
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a… — Laozi
I heard the story of a man, a blasphemer...an atheist, who was converted singularly by a sinful action of his. He had written on a… — Charles Spurgeon
As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made… — Earl Blumenauer

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