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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Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books-- where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables as we did in Kansas. ― Langston Hughes

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We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns? ― Joseph Stalin

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Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle. — Ann Voskamp

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Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message. - David Ben-Gurion

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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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The correct prayer is therefore never a prayer of supplication, but a prayer of gratitude. When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you in effect, acknowledge that it is there...in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God - an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate... Appreciate.

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Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. — Denis Waitley

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We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.

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