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That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.
Richard Paul Evans
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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Love never gives in or up, holding tight to lofty ideals that transcend this earth and time, while its counterfeit simply concludes it was mistaken and quickly runs off to find the next real thing.
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It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins.
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I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.
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We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of out intentions. It's the great, deep secret of humanity that in the end none of our lives look the way we thought they would. As much as we wish to believe otherwise, most of life is a reaction to circumstances.
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Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.
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I love when I can reboot people when they are being mean to others.
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Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide whether our lives are good or bad, ugly or beautiful.
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We're all moons. Sometimes our dark sides overshadow our light.
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The further along we get on our life journey the more we wonder about those who traveled before us and paved the road.
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. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.
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The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.
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What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.
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People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.
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We love those whom we serve (p. 26)
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Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they are humble beings, small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.
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Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.
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