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Watch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny. It all begins with a thought.

Gaur Gopal Das

One’s ability to appreciate beauty is related to one’s ability to make moral judgments.
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Ability Beautiful Judgement Moral Oneself
People who meditate develop a habit of practicing sincere gratitude which helps them in all their relationships. It is a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.
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Development Emotion Meditation People Relationship Strength Support
As a monk, I have to be cautious of overindulgence; it is essential to stay regulated in our habits.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Habit Myself Ourselves Stay
We can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
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Beyond Community Family Nation Ourselves Service
We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.
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Connection God Happiness Joy Need Understand World
The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
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Deep Material Satisfaction Time
You need an attitude of service. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
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Attitude Growth Help Need Service Yourself
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Angry Power Word
When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
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Blessing Encouragement God Life Yourself
Stop and reflect on your life regularly. Pressing the pause button to practise gratitude is the way to make it a constant in your life.
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Gratitude Life Practice Reflection Stop Yourself
This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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Marriage Person Reflection Relationship Start Treat
At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves.
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Comparison Competition Ourselves Work
Hot heads do not give good feedback – choose a better time.
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Angry Better Choice Head Time
What great men do, common men follow.
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Greatness Journey Man Path Yourself
Physical violence is inflicted with weapons, but emotional violence is inflicted with words; words can leave invisible scars that can take years, or even lifetimes, to heal.
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Emotion Healing Leaving Life Scars Time Violence Weapon
People with a closed mindset want to grow by beating others in their field. Open-minded people, on the other hand, grow by developing themselves.
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Development Growth Hands Mindset People

Watch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny. It all begins with a thought.

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Watch your thoughts, they turn into words. Watch your words, they turn into actions. Watch your actions, they turn into habits. Watch your habits, they turn into character. Watch your character, it turns into your destiny. It all begins with a thought.

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