Often we look so long at the ...

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched... but are felt in the heart.
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.