Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
FRED ROGERSForgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.
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A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.
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Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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The best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said “yes,” when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.
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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
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Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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Life is for service.
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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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Relationships are like dances in which people try to find whatever happens to be the mutual rhythm in their lives.
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Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.
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People have said ‘don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show feelings.
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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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