If we never take a risk, we’ll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
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Marianne Williamson109 quotes“If we never take a risk, we’ll never know the parts of ourselves that would have emerged if we had.”
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Our problem is not that we don’t have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.
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Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love.
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Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson You don’t need a new life, just a new lens through which to view the one you have.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson If you want to end darkness you cannot beat it with a baseball bat, you have to turn on a light.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Whatever situation you’re in: Send love, place it in God’s hands, open your heart to everyone involved – and it will turn out miraculously.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Living meaningfully is what brings joy.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson You can live your life out of a circumstance or you can live your life out of a vision.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Every act of kindness on your part is a boost to your own immune system.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson Ego says, “Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace”. Spirit says, “Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place”.
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