Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls– family, health, friends, integrity– are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.” ― Gary Keller
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Love
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
Satisfaction at Work
“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
–Steve Jobs
Greed
“Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.” – Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Someone Else’s Bad Choices
“If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?”
Joyce Meyer
Fear and Mistakes
“I had the chance to make every possible mistake and figure out a way to recover from it. Once you realize there is life after mistakes, you gain a self-confidence that never goes away.”
― Bob Schieffer
Miracles
“To live at all is miracle enough.” — Mervyn Peake, Collected Poems
Don’t Give Up
“You can’t expect to reap a harvest that you’re not willing to plant.” ― Yvonne Pierre
Love
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.” – The Notebook