God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to your honor and glory.

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Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.

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Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. - George Eliot

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You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.

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Where do you run for help? When you are in trouble, what is your first instinct? Do you run to others or to God? Is it usually the counsel of another rather than the counsel found in waiting upon God in prayer? Why is this the way it is? Why do we run to man before we run to God?

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Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

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Energy and persistence conquer all things. - Benjamin Franklin

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I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.

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Every journey begins with a single step.

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