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Courage is as often the outcome of despair as hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, all to gain.
Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Each person is born with a calling. It is your task to discover what that calling is and find a way to make that calling a reality.
Life is not a matter of having good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.
Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame -- or one that is conducive to loving-kindness. Pema Chodron