"Mastering the art of resilience does much more than restore you to who you once thought you were. Rather, you emerge from the experience transformed into a truer expression of who you were really meant to be."

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Source : Carol Orsborn (2010). “The Art of Resilience: One Hundred Paths to Wisdom and Strength in an Uncertain World”, p.20, Harmony

Carol Orsborn

#Art Quotes #Expression Quotes #Resilience Quotes

“I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen.”
“No one can keep a secret better than a child.”
“The reason to forgive ourselves is not because we feel like it or because we want to see ourselves as blameless but because we limit what we can receive from God when we hold on to our past. He wants to do so much more than we could ever imagine. Forgiving yourself starts with believing in God's incredible love for you and accepting His amazing grace and mercy. If God Almighty can forgive us who are we to hold on to what He has not only forgiven but forgotten”
“Godâ€™s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.”
“Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes it. I suppose this is why people always want other people to say "I love you." I think just the oppositeâ€”that thoughts are realest when thought, that expressing them distorts or dilutes them.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.114, Macmillan
“Obviously, I dont live and die by it, everything my horoscope says. But I feel like theres definitely something to it.”
“You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain.”
“Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”

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