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If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.
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It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle
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The best way to get even is to forget.
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Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.
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Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
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You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
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God gave the Angels wings and humans chocolate. Mrs. Miracle
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Some marriages are made in heaven, but they all have to be maintained on earth. Mrs Miracle
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Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.
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Maybe money can't buy love - but it can get you practically everything else.
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Your heart has to let your head know what it wants.
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Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive.
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While it may not be a simple act, offering forgiveness not only has the power to heal relationships, it strengthens the well-being of those who give this life-changing gift.
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People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. --Mrs. Miracle
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Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.
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She said interruptions were simply God's appointments.
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Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.
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we should lean into the pain, instead of running away from it.
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But although she was with family and friends, she'd never felt more alone. She felt as if she'd lost a vital part of herself and she had - her heart.
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I believe that our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there's a gain. Sometimes we're so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.
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We have to use the experience. We can become either bitter or better.
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I want to practice gratitude. I know that sounds hokey, but instead of concentrating on the negative, I want to look at the positive side of life.
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We all make mistakes. Big and small. But you don't have to let them define you forever.
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I might be 30 years old, but a girl never outgrows the need for her mother.
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I'd found love -- only to discover how fleeting it can be.
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I generally read every night before I fall asleep: Brad does too. I find it comforting to lie beside my husband, each of us with a book in our hands. I see it as a period of calm and intimacy, and as the perfect metaphor-together, yet individual-for our marriage.
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Little did the old man know how much God liked to talk to His children, how He longed to listen to them.
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I love the way knitting brings people together.
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Parents love their children. We might not always approve of the things you do, we might not like your friends, and cringe at some of the choices you make, but that doesn't change our love.
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It was time to face those fears head-on and quit flirting with thoughts of failure.
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Love takes something that's difficult and makes it feel so effortless.
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Humans, as attractive and awesomely created as they are, tend to believe that events occur in their lives randomly, with little or no meaning. They often overlook the obvious, that God is in control.
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Why not? For your information I'm hoping it doesn't last more than a month or two myself.? His words stung as sharply as a slap across the face. "Maybe by that time you'll be miserable enough to be willing to marry me-"
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I think sometimes we love so deeply, so profoundly, that anything else pales by comparison.
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Don't be a quitter. Try harder. Don't be so picky. Be willing to start at the bottom. Prove yourself.
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Take charge of your life. Don't be afraid to pursue your dreams. Work hard and don't listen to anyone who says you can't, because you can and you will.
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Your favorite author? This was an important question. I'd dated men who had never read a book. Reading was a passion of mine and I couldn't imagine being involved with someone who didn't understand the importance of books and stories.
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With God's help she could forge a path where there hadn't been one before. With God's help she would make a way where there was none.
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the grass wasn't greener on the other side of the fence; it was greener where it was watered.
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Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up.
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What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so...simple. She was gone for him, as if she meant nothing. That hurt, and it didn't stop hurting.
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Kindness is something that should always be passed on.
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If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
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I generally read every night befi=ore I fall asleep: Brad does too. I find it comforting to lie beside my husband, each of us with a book in our hands. I see it as a period of calm and intimacy, and as the perfect metaphor-together, yet individual-for our marriage.
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