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Words To Live By

Quotes and sayings that I have stumbled upon or that have been shared with me and have special meaning to me. 
i shall fight for what i want in life. i shall not feel defeated until i see no other options or there is no fight left in me. i shall not let obstacles get in my way. i shall keep on unless i no longer want what i currently desire. i shall wish for the best and with all my might hope for the best and pray everything works out for the best! i can be no one other than me. 
"Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be" ~ anonymous

"A crisis may change your life but it doesn't have to ruin it" ~ Dr. Phil
   

‎"No one can go back and make a brand new start, however anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~ Carl Bard

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~ Dr. Seuss

"Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles they overcome. The strongest people aren't always the people who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose." ~ Ashley Hodgeson

"Women are angels. And when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly...on a broomstick. We are flexible." ~  unknown


Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

"Map out your future,  but do it in pencil." ~Jon Bon Jovi

"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans"  John Lennon 

As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend, I brought my broken dreams to God because He is my friend. But then instead of leaving Him in peace to work alone, I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own. At last I snatched them back and cried How can you be so slow...My Child, He said, what could I do...you never did let go...

"Sometimes when you go through something tough, you come away with something valuable. It's like slipping on a banana peel, falling down, feeling some hard little thing poking into you, and discovering you landed on a diamond." ~ Mira Kirshenbaum

 Songs:
 Brand New Day by Joshua Radin
All of These Crimes by Jennifer Tefft 
Firework by Katy Perry  
The Climb by Miley Cyrus



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