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FindCenterIt may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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C. S. Lewis
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FindCenterWhen you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.

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Paulo Coelho
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FindCenterWhen we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.

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Paulo Coelho
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FindCenterThere are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

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Paulo Coelho
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FindCenterAnd one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.

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Paulo Coelho
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FindCenterWhatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires....courage.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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FindCenterBeing human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path.

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Paulo Coelho
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FindCenterWhen suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don’t say to yourself ‘All is lost. I have to start all over again.’ This is not true. What you have gained you have gained. . . .

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Henri Nouwen
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FindCenterWork will work when wishy washy wishing won’t.

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Thomas S. Monson
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FindCenterIt is possible to avoid pain? Yes, but you’ll never learn anything. Is it possible to know something without ever having experiencing it? Yes, but it will never truly be part of you.

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Paulo Coelho
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