“You have come this far. What makes you think that will change in the future?”

Not everything needs a reaction. Save you energy and care for things that genuinely matter.

When you become secure enough in your own capabilities and path, what people try to negatively project on you doesn’t matter.

You were worth it when he died on the cross for you.

Death will render all your possessions useless.

It is okay to not be in control.

Helpless does not equal worthless.

Other people need to be seen too. So be kind.

It is important allow to feel what I feel, but not to let it dictate my day or week or life.

Even though negativity begs for my attention, I will still choose to focus on the joy in my life.

Allow yourself to fill with grace, for you have come so far.

Do not give the devil a chance to work on you.

Look to the future with hope, not envy.

You can complain about what you can’t change or you can focus on what you can change.

I know that god put me on this earth for a reason. The reason may not be fully known to me yet but I know I will fulfill that reason because I have him.

I desire your design for me, lord. Make of me what you will.

Struggle does not mean it is the end.

You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

Holding the mind to a subject is like holding a ship to its course; it implies constant change of place combined with unity of direction.

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

Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

You’re always you, and that doesn’t change, and you’re always changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colors of my life were changing.

She would never change, but one day at the touch of a fingertip she would fall to dust.