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The purpose of influence is to “speak up for those who have no influence.” It’s not about you.

Rick Warren

To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: First, compared with eternity, life is extremely brief. Second, earth is only a temporary residence. You won’t be here long, so don’t get too attached.
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Attachment Best Compare Earth Forget Life Residence Temporary
Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.
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Easy Fame Hard Popular Yourself
The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.
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Act Feeling Thinking Way Yourself
Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable.
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Change Control Misery Past Wasted Time Worry
You don’t bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.
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Ability Glory Happiness Hide Yourself
Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.
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Delay God Himself Planning Trust
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
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Experience Help Pain Wasted Time Yourself
God accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you’re not.
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Acceptance Condition Effort God View Wasted Time Yourself
Trusting God completely means having faith that he knows what is best for your life. You expect him to keep his promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary.
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Best Faith God Impossible Life Necessary Trust Yourself
God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.
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God Love Ourselves People Teaching
You are as close to God as you choose to be.
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Choice God Yourself
The purpose of influence is to “speak up for those who have no influence.” It’s not about you.
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Influence Talk Yourself
The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you’re honored by others.
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Care Honor Humble Influence Power Service Yourself
Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.
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Gift God Gratitude Yourself
There is nothing you can do that will make God stop loving you. You could try, but you simply can’t do it – because his love for you is based upon his character and not on anything you do or say or feel.
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Character Feeling God Love Simplicity Try Yourself
People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.
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Message Ourselves People Prayer Refusal Rejection

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