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Most people spend far more time in preparation for their vocation than they do in preparation for marriage.

Gary Chapman

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Gary Chapman
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
Author
Radio Personality
Writer
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Gary Demonte Chapman
Vocation
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I cannot change others, but I can influence others... we can't change people, but we can and we do influence people, and we do it every single day.
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We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.
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Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future different.
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Don't be a victim of the urgent. In the long run, much of what seems so pressing right now won't even matter. What you do with your children will matter forever.
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..there is hope. That's the marvelous thing about being human. We can change our future. We need not be enslaved by the experiences of the past. We can learn to love even when we have not received love.
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