#ten

A life which has never been laid open in penitence and faith before God has little permanence in eternity. ↗

— R.K. Harrison

#faith #penitence #faith

You can’t help who your parents are or aren’t. My parents aren’t—they don’t exist and have never existed. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#existence #family #parents #family

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. ↗

— George Orwell

#brought #equality #ever #human #manners

Multiply your potentials with your plans and it will be equal to your purpose of existence. Your potentials are your seeds of greatness. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#achievements #achievers #big-dreams #dare-to-win #dream-big

You are a side effect," Van Houten continued, "of an evolutionary process that cares little for individual lives. You are a failed experiment in mutation. ↗

— John Green

#failure #side-effects #van-houten-being-a-douche #experience

You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here! You have been delayed but not denied. You are not a victim, you are a victor. You have a history of victory. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#betrayed #challenged #defeated #denied #destiny

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man. ↗

— Alexandra Potter

#dating #jane-austen #love #single #truth

A friend of mine, the most innocuous dreamer who ever lived, once set a forest on fire to see, as he said, if it would catch as easily as people said. The first ten times the experiment was a failure; but on the eleventh it succeeded all too well. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#persistence #experience

Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#contentment #joy #trials #experience

You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining. ↗

— N.K. Jemisin

#existence #philosophy #self #experience