"Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so..." - Quote by Guy Finley
Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"
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“Every relationship that we have in our lives - our contact with each person, place, and event - serves a very special, if yet to be realized purpose: They are mirrors that can serve to show us things about ourselves that can be realized in no other way.”
“To know that every moment — regardless of how it comes wrapped — is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.”
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“Take inventory of yourself, see if any remnants of fear are standing in your way. Then you may grow... because nothing, absolutely nothing, can stand in your way.”
“Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.”
“I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.”
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“Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.”