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“Whether male or female, there is within you a softness, a gentleness, a sweetness so beautiful you might weep from the feeling, were you to touch it. Aggressive or tender, beggar or billionaire, we all have it, for it is what we are. This sweetness has nothing to do with personality. It's not about being weak rather than strong, a doormat rather than a mighty general. It has to do with you, for it is what you”
― Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, Expanded Study Edition: The Astonishing Power of Feelings
― Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting, Expanded Study Edition: The Astonishing Power of Feelings

“Being a critic is easy.
But if the critic tries to run the operation, he soon understands that nothing is as easy as his criticisms.
Criticism without a solution is merely an inflation of the critic's ego.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World
But if the critic tries to run the operation, he soon understands that nothing is as easy as his criticisms.
Criticism without a solution is merely an inflation of the critic's ego.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World

“I wish you could see my true nature. Beyond my body and labels, there is a river of tenderness and vulnerability.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.”
― Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life's Riches
― Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life's Riches

“she never thought about loving herself because love for her always meant giving it to someone else.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World

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