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“Never confuse desire with vision. Desire has to do with what we want. Vision has to do with what we need.”

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Joan D. Chittister is an American nun known for her contributions to religious peace, feminism, and ecotheology. Born in 1936, she is an active member of several religious organizations and has authored numerous books on religious life. more

“The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

Knows May Littles Persons Hands Turns Lines Effort Fine Determination Persistence Glorious Thrown Hopeless Success And Failure Achieved Success

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“Another discovery which came out of my investigation was the fact that when one gives his or her order to produce a definite result and stands by that order, it seems to have the effect of giving one what might be termed a second sight which enables him or her to see right through ordinary problems. What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when one is in that state of mind in which he or she knows exactly what one wants and is fully determined not to quit until he or she finds it.”

“How many years you have to keep on doing, until you know what to do and how to do!”

Knows Years Determination

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Are you desperate or determined? With desperation comes frustration. With determination comes purpose, achievement, and peace.”

Purpose Achievement Determination Determined Desperate Frustration Desperation

Author:James A. Murphy III

“With all the infinite possibilities of spiritual life before you, do not settle down on a little patch of dusty ground at the mountain's foot in restful content. Be not content until you reach the mountain's summit.”

Littles Spiritual Feet Possibility Mountain Determination Infinite Settling Spiritual Life Summit Patches Settling Down Infinite Possibilities Restful

Author:J.R. Miller

“Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand.”

Two Hands Found Doubt Members Related Indecision Trios Doubt And Fear

Book:The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity

Source: The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity

“Doubt is really a groping ignorance.”

Doubt Ignorance

Book:The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled

Source: The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled

“Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.”

Soul Doubt Calm Surface Certainty Deep Down Agitation

Author:Francois Mauriac

“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Doubt is a foundling unhappy and astray, and though his own mother who gave him birth should find him and enfold him, he would withdraw in caution and in fear.”

Knows Should Pain Mother Doubt Brother Birth Lonely Unhappy Twins Caution Twin Brother

Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

“To find oneself living in an age of doubt is not such a curse. There is a kind of reverence in undertaking the quest for truth, even before the first scrap has been found.”

Firsts Kind Has Beens Age Found Doubt Oneself Curse Reverence Quests Undertakings Scrap

Book:Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams

Source: Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams

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