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“Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed if you stay focused, then you learn your lessons.”

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-born American psychiatrist renowned for her contributions to hospice care and death studies. Her book 'On Death and Dying' had a profound impact on global hospice care practices. more

“You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is the sole purpose of existence on this planet Earth. You will not grow if you sit in a beautiful flower garden, but you will grow if you are sick, if you are in pain, if you experience losses, and if you do not put your head in the sand, but take the pain as a gift to you with a very, very specific purpose.”

Ifs Earth Pain Beautiful Death Purpose Opportunity Given Grows Loss Existence Planets Flower Garden Sick Sand Iron Hardship Temper Sole Planet Earth Flower Garden Beautiful Flower

Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.”

Eye Father Son I Realized My Son Closest

Author:Eric Clapton

“We run after values that, at death, become zero. At the end of your life, nobody asks you how many degrees you have, or how many mansions you built, or how many Rolls Royces you could afford. That's what dying patients teach you.”

Ends Running Death Values Asks Teach Dying Degrees Built Patient Zero Death And Dying Mansions Rolls Royce

Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“I have learned there is no joy without hardship. There is no pleasure without pain. Would we know the comfort of peace without the distress of war?”

Knows War Pain Death Joy Pleasure Comfort Hardship I Have Learned Distress Without Pain

Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them.”

Ifs Death Progress Complaining Shortcomings Cursing Stop Complaining

Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.”

Long Earth Pain Death Suffering Belief Lost Given Heaven Drug Died Discomfort Itching

Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“We bring a deeper commitment to our happiness when we fully understand, that our time left is limited and we really need to make it count.”

Needs Death Left Commitment Deeper Our Time Time Left Make It Count

Book:Life Lessons: How Our Mortality Can Teach Us About Life And Living

Source: Life Lessons: How Our Mortality Can Teach Us About Life And Living

“And after your death, when most of you for the first time realize what life here is all about, you will begin to see that your life here is almost nothing but the sum total of every choice you have made during every moment of your life. Your thoughts, which you are responsible for, are as real as your deeds. You will begin to realize that every word and every deed affects your life and has also touched thousands of lives.”

Firsts Made Real Moments Death Choices Realizing First Time Responsible Deeds Touched Life Death

Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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