monday moment of zen

"a year from now you will wish you had started today."

~ karen lamb 

monday moment of zen

"a woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."

~ eleanor roosevelt

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monday moment of zen

“i learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. the brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” 

~ nelson mandela 

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monday moment of zen

"education is the great engine of personal development.  it is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation.  it is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another."

~ nelson mandela

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monday moment of zen

“getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. you have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” 

~ c.s. lewis 

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