I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. – Charles Dickens

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Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.

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Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.

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There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control. _ Leo Buscaglia

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

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Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. ― Marie Curie

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life. — Walt Disney

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The expert in anything was once a beginner. — Helen Hayes

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Believe you can and you’re halfway there. ― Theodore Roosevelt

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