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When you have been hurt by life, it may be hard to keep that in mind. When you are standing very close to a large object, all you can see is the object. Only by stepping back from it can you also see the rest of its setting around it. When we are stunned by some tragedy, we can only see and feel the tragedy. Only with time and distance can we see the tragedy in the context of a whole life and a whole world.
— Harold S. Kushner
If God is testing us, He must know by now that many of us fail the test. If He is only giving us burdens we can bear, I have seen Him miscalculate far too often.
— Harold S. Kushner
Facing our grief is essential to combatting and overcoming our despair and powerlessness. The elders taught her that grief is not something to avoid or to be afraid of. And that if we come together and share our sadness, it can be healing." "I absolutely agree," Jane said. "It's really important for us to confront our grief and get over our feelings of helplessness and hopelessness—our very survival
— Jane Goodall
Whenever something comes into our life that hurts us, we do the decidin'—do I let this work for my good, as God intended, or do I let bitterness grow like a bothersome canker sore in my soul?
— Janette Oke
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
— Babe Ruth
In every position that I've been in, there have been naysayers who don't believe I'm qualified or who don't believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.
— Sonia Sotomayor
When God overcomes our difficulties for us, we have the assurance that we are engaged in His work and not our own.
— George Muller
Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.
— Alain de Botton
God tends to do his best work when the odds appear stacked against him.
— Kevin DeYoung
Deal first with whatever is causing you the greatest emotional distress. Often this will break the logjam in your work and free you up mentally to complete (the) other tasks.
— Brian Tracy
Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.
— Maya Angelou
While the control of sin has been broken, the sin that remains in us still puts up a real fight.
— Timothy Lane