Tag: #perseverance
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🍰 Daily Spark: Cracked Sponge Cake
Maya Angelou, “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
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Daily Spark: Build Your Own Stage
When a journalist asked Lady Gaga, “What would you say to all the record labels that rejected you?” Her answer was, “Tell them thank you. If they hadn’t slammed those doors, I would never have built my own stage.”
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Daily Spark: The Other Side of the Storm
The comedian Casey Dressler said, “The years leading up to my best days were my most difficult – filled with doubts, disappointments, and heartache. I had no idea that the storm I was in would lead me to the brightest days of my life.”
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Daily Spark: State of Shock
James Baldwin said, “Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and we go through our changes in a similar state of shock.”
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Daily Spark: Coffee and Grit
Angela Duckworth said in her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance that “Without effort, your talent is nothing more than your unmet potential.”
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Daily Spark: Don’t Block Your Dreams
“You block your dream when you allow fear to grow bigger than your faith.” ~ Mary Manin Morrissey
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Daily Spark: Positive Change
Sometimes starting a new habit can feel so hard! The theologian C.S. Lewis said, “Not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.”
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Daily Spark: A Big Difference
Winston Churchill said, “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” I have found that to be so true, when I am working to transform my thinking through perseverance in looking for a better feeling attitude.
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Daily Spark: Practice It Every Day!
Following our dreams takes perseverance and practice. Or said another way, start small, do it daily, and have patience!