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41 " Your friendship with others is not to be taken lightly. You are changing the direction of your friends’ lives, for better or for worse. Sooner or later, we all rise or fall to the level of our friendships. "
― Matthew Kelly , Resisting Happiness
42 " when you do for them what they should be doing for themselves, you create entitlement and dependency rather than empowerment. "
43 " One thing I have noticed about continuous learners is they tend to have pen and paper with them at all times, because they never know when they are going to hear something great or have an idea. "
44 " People come into our lives for a reason. Some are messengers; other are teachers. Some are healers, and others are coaches and counselors. Some people come into our lives for only a season, but their fingerprints remain all over our lives until the end. "
45 " The only thing these online connections and communities prove is that as human beings we have an incredible need and hunger for meaningful interaction with each other. "
46 " What makes a great friend? Our best friends are those people who encourage and challenge us to become the-best-version-of-ourselves. "
47 " Some people come into our lives for only a season, but their fingerprints remain all over our lives until the end "
48 " If you sense that something is missing in your life, stop ignoring it. Start paying attention to it. God is trying to tell you something. "
49 " Resistance will tell you that the problems are too many and that you will never make a difference. Ignore it. Resistance is a liar. "
50 " Take some small action. Resistance hates action. "
51 " Be gentle with the people who cross your path. If someone is grumpy or rude, if someone makes a mistake or does something wrong, give her the benefit of the doubt. You never know what she is carrying around inside. "
52 " Resistance loves keeping us busy with anything but the one thing that will most help us grow. "
53 " We all have an inner life. This consists of our thoughts and feelings, our hopes and dreams, our character and our relationship with God. We all have an outer life, which consists of the things we do, places we go, and things we build or own. We tend to focus on the outer life, but it is only a tiny fraction of our life. Much more takes place as part of the inner life. The outer life is an overflow of the inner life. "
54 " wants you to be fully aware of every breath of air you take, every bite of food, every smile from a baby, every word you read, every song you hear, every kiss on the lips. God loves ordinary things. "
55 " The world compares me to my neighbor, but God compares me to my former self. Every day God invites me to improve on my former self. It is a constant invitation to transformation. "
56 " When you are discouraged or caught up in procrastination, simply do the tiniest thing to move whatever you are working on forward. "
57 " Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
58 " By doing exactly the same things we did yesterday, but with a new mind-set, we are able to inject incredible meaning into the most mundane things— "
59 " If children develop a love for learning, they will become lifelong learners—and continuous learners tend to be successful at everything they turn their attention to. "
60 " The most important things are almost never urgent. That’s why it’s essential that we schedule them. "