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if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.
John C. Maxwell
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John C. Maxwell
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 20
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John Calvin Maxwell
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