We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

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"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it"

- Charles R. Swindoll

Awareness

""Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it.""

- Charles R. Swindoll

Awareness

"The devil, darkness, and death may swagger and boast, the pangs of life will sting for a while longer, but don't worry; the forces of evil are breathing their last. Not to worry...He's risen!"

- Charles R. Swindoll

Hope

"Life is 10% what happens to you, 90% how you react to it."

- Charles R. Swindoll

Inspiration

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react."

- Charles R. Swindoll

Choice

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"When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

Change

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

- Anaïs Nin

Change

"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Change

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."

- William James

Change

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

Change