The world is a classroom – life is the teacher and the subjects are learned everyday from the successes, failures, changes twists, turns,

The world is a classroom – life is the teacher and the subjects are learned everyday from the successes, failures, changes twists, turns, surprises and contradictions – some brought about through choices and others pre-ordained by destiny.

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Eugenie Laverne Mitchell

I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself,

I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself, everyday, whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself ‘That’s just fine’. You have to forgive yourself so much, until you don’t even see those things anymore. Because that’s what love is like.

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C. JoyBell C.

He had learned that, as there is no situation in the world in which a man can be happy and perfectly free, so there is no situation in which

He had learned that, as there is no situation in the world in which a man can be happy and perfectly free, so there is no situation in which he can be perfectly unhappy and unfree.

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Leo Tolstoy,

War and Peace

Pain is a pesky part of being human, I’ve learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our

Pain is a pesky part of being human, I’ve learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can’t be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces.

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C. JoyBell C.

If there’s a thing I’ve learned in my life it’s to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for

If there’s a thing I’ve learned in my life it’s to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love: those things endure. Even if the people you do them for don’t

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Cassandra Clare