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“you fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain't nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It's just a aggravation.”

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Cormac McCarthy

American novelist known for his profound literary style and rich imagination. His notable works include 'The Border Trilogy' and 'No Country for Old Men'. more

“Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble.”

“I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.”

Humor Inspiration Insight Attractive Flaws Scar

Author:Angelina Jolie

“I want to build some thing permanent.”

Want Permanent

Author:Rick Riordan

“The mind is its own beautiful prisoner. Mind looked long at the sticky moon opening in dusk her new wings then decently hanged himself,one afternoon. The last thing he saw was you naked amid unnaked things.”

Mind Long Lasts Beautiful Saws Moon Wings Naked Opening Prisoner Afternoon Dusk Sticky

Book:Tulips and Chimneys

Source: Tulips and Chimneys

“To be calm when you've found something going on”

Found Father Calm Father And Son

Author:Cat Stevens

“I've done everything for the wrong reasons. All the good works people credit to me are nothing because I did them expecting God to repay me. I thought if I worked hard enough, God would have to give me what I wanted. The truth is I've never served the Lord at all. I was always serving myself.”

People Ifs Giving Hard Reason Done Enough Wanted Lord Truth Is Give Me Credit Serving Expecting Good Work Wrong Reasons

Author:Francine Rivers

“Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.”

Comfort Eternal Repentance Discomfort Restoration Damnation

Book:As Sure as the Dawn

Source: As Sure as the Dawn

“Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.”

Feels Drink Breathe

Book:Browning: Poems

Source: Browning: Poems

“So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.”

Littles Ends Bits Despair Miracle Luck Links Commonplace Necklaces

Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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