We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed in feeling sorry for ourselves) behind. If we leave a place and take our selfishness with us, the cycle of problems starts all over again no matter where we go. But if we leave our selfishness behind, no matter where we are, things start to improve.
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PATRICK ROTHFUSS Because maybe, in a way, we didn't leave it behind nearly as much as we might once have thought. Bec... KAZUO ISHIGURO The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the... DAVID TRIMBLE All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part ... ANATOLE FRANCE Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave '... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and lea... DOROTHY L. SAYERS Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave ... DOROTHY L. SAYERS We can leave our legacy only if we are willing to change - to go beyond partisan labels, and to solv... CHRISTINE GREGOIRE I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave beh... HENRY R. LUCE Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to p... VERONICA ROTH Unfortunately, these are not problems that we can leave behind in 2005. They will cling to us and fo... BRUCE GOLDING We don't leave anybody behind. SGT. DREW BENSON Dallas Principle #2: We will not leave any part of our community behind. www.ActOnPrinciples.org THE DALLAS PRINCIPLES We can't all leave a prestigious background or lots of money to visit our children, but we can leave... NAOMI RHODE Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots. H. JACKSON BROWN, JR. Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, a... ROBIN HOBB What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more. KATE MOSSE When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... 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LOIS FRANKEL When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead ... C.S. LEWIS Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead ... C. S. LEWIS Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead ... C.S. LEWIS We all learn by our mistakes, but if mistakes didn't leave us a lesson, I think we can wait for a mi... KAGABO BURANGA JACQUES Where did feelings go when they disappeared? Did they leave a chemical trace somewhere in our minds,... EVELYN LAU Life has a way of going in circles. Ideally, it would be a straight path forward––we'd always kn... BRIGID GORRY-HINES Human migration is an important part of our ancestral story. The places we live shape us, the places... KILROY J. OLDSTER We go on a journey to be free of all impediments; to leave ourselves behind much more than to get ri... WILLIAM HAZLITT There's no right road to take us where we don't know. So let's just leave the tracks as we go. NICOLE MEYER You never really leave a place or person you love, part of them you take with you ,leaving a part of... MAHATMA GANDHI I'm think that all of our efforts are paying off. For every child to be successful in life, we can't... CATHY REED Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we this way and not some other? What does it mean to be h... DR. CARL SAGAN To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. THOMAS CAMPBELL To live in hearts we leave behind,
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