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Max Lucado
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"The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take."
Max Lucado

"Don’t take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves."
— Halle Bailey

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop and look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"Self-care is never a selfish act — it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch."
Parker Palmer

"Apologize first; especially when you are right."
— Lemuel Dillard Meadows