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Quotes For Any Situation

When you need a push in the right direction.

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Quotes For Any Situation
Bri Prater

From time to time, you will find yourself dealing with something and just don’t quite know how to respond. So, I present to you a list of quotes to aid you in any situation.

Do You Have 10000 Problems and Don't Know What to Do?

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”—Albert Einstein

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”—Abraham H. Maslow

“If you choose to not deal with an issue,/ then you give up your right of control over the issue /and it will select the path of least resistance.”—Susan Del Gatto

“A problem well put is half solved.”—John Dewey

Don't Go Making Assumptions.

“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”—a proverb

“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.”—Jonathan Swift

“They have the unique ability to listen to one story and understand another.”—Pandora Poikilos

“Don’t build roadblocks out of assumptions.”—Lorii Myers

Haters Got You Down?

“Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person speak evil about you.”—Israelmore Ayivor

“The only thing more frustrating than slanders is those foolish enough to listen to them.”—Criss Jami

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”—Proverbs 14:30

“No matter how good you are, someone is always going to be against you. But never let them be the limit of your success”—Terry Mark

When You Feel Like You Can't Go On...

"I have not failed. I've just found10,000 ways that don't work."--Thomas A. Edison

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."--Galatians 6:9

"When things go wrong, don't go with them."--Elvis Presley

"It's probably my job to tell you life isn't fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I'll tell you that hope is precious, and you're right not to give up."--C. J. Redwine

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