All Quotes By Tag: Future
“I have heard all I ever want to hear about the past,” he said; “and I know what I most wanted to know about the future. Everybody says, Midwinter, you have a career before you, and I believe that everybody is right. Who knows what great things may happen before you and I are many years older?”.”Who _need_ know?” said Midwinter, calmly. “Happen what may, God is all-merciful, God is all-wise. In those words your dear old friend once wrote to me. In that faith I can look back without murmuring at the years that are past, and can look on without doubting to the years that are to come.”
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“To greet the present is to part with the past and future.”
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“Control is an illusion that you must give up.”
“Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change.”
“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.”
“Find your bones. Believe in what you are.”
“Taking care of yourself will take care of more than yourself.”
“Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.”
“Surrendering is not giving up–it is gaining strength.”
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“If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.”
“Your actions show what you know, and your replies to obstacles give clarity into what you will learn.”
“Failure is the only damn way we learn. Have you failed? Yes. Will you fail more? All the time. And that’s the best thing that can ever happen to you. When you stop failing, you stop learning. And then you’re of no use to anyone.”
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“…churches tend to keep on doing things the way they did them a generation ago. Maybe we don’t like to hear exhortations to reexamine our methods because we don’t like being pushed to alter the way we’ve always done things”
“Don’t let your past failure define your future”
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