The Personal Words

Words that lift you up and inspire

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“Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.” - Unknown

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“I can’t think of anything I’d rather have more than somebody loving me.” - Sue Monk Kidd

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“Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.” - John C. Maxwell

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“It eventually gets better, without any sort of explanation; you just wake up one morning and you’re not as upset anymore.” - Unknown

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“Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late.” - Dejan Stojanovic

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“I cannot be other than what I am, and I am the choices of all my days.” - Lauren Kate, Passion

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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” - Unknown

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“Don’t listen to what people say, watch what they do.” - Unknown

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“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, don’t worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.” - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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“The truth was I was tired way underneath my skin. I was tired where even I couldn’t see. I do not know how that happened. How I ended up like that. It all happened so fast.” - Rebecca Wells, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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“I’d stand in the shadows of your heart and tell you I’m not afraid of your dark.” - Andrea Gibson

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“I am someone who thinks and feels much – more than is reasonable. And that is all.” - Virginia Woolf, from Moments Of Being: Unpublished Writings

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“Keep going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” - Roy T. Bennet, The Light In The Heart

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“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story — not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.” - Sophia Dembling

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“What if the only face of desire I recognize is loss?” - Lara Mimosa Montes

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“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.” - Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

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“You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You don’t have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don’t have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given.” - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart