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14 Quotes To Help You Stay Afloat

Because life can be hard sometimes.

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14 Quotes To Help You Stay Afloat
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There comes a point in everyone's life where things seem to be a complete and total mess. It can be confusing to not know which direction our lives are headed in. It is scary to not know what is going to happen next or, let alone, what we want to happen next. Here are just a few simple reminders that, despite how wrong everything may seem to feel, you aren't alone and it is going to be okay:

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." ― Maya Angelou
“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being.” ― Jean-Yves Leloup
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down." Mary Pickford
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." ― John F. Kennedy
"What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong." Robin Williams
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ― E.M. Forster
“You were given this life, because you are strong enough to live it." ― Unknown

"People will always say that you're going the wrong way when it's simply a way of your own." ― Angelina Jolie
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Edison
“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” ― Denis Waitley
“Forgive yourself for not being, where you thought you would be by now.” ― Terri Cole

“Life must be lived forwards, but can only be understood, backwards,” ― Kierkegaard
"Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it." ―Thaddeus Golas


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