J. Loren Norris Quotes

#1. If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.

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#2. Let's get busy. Get up! Stop living an average life. Stop living in a rut. Get ready for a new way to walk and talk. Taller, louder, prouder and thoroughly convinced that you have enough hope in your life to give some away.

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#3. One thing is undeniably clear. We have all had bad experiences, we have all had tragedies in our lives which help to shape who we are.

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#4. He who cannot swim should neither chase the dolphins nor play with sharks. For him disaster awaits like sunrise.

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#5. Bad habits are like having a sumo wrestler in the back of your canoe rowing the opposite direction.

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#6. There may be a day when you find yourself standing at the precipice, looking down into the abyss of hopelessness and waiting, pleading, begging for someone who has been in this place before to come alongside you and show you the way back to hope.

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#7. Authority to dream is not given, it is taken. Take it. Do not let the judgment of others be the final word. Without a doubt, if there is a one-word, one-step cure for bad peg moments, that word is perseverance. Let that be your final word.

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#8. The future begins when we tear down the walls that keep us in the past. We must be thankful for those who walked through the pain and helped us to see the way out.

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#9. A harsh word breaks the heart. A kind word can sooth the savage beast. A word never spoken can bury a burden or save a relationship.

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#10. Embrace the change you desperately need. Tear down your walls and show gratitude for little things.

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#11. Core values serve as a lighthouse when the fog of life seems to leave you wandering in circles; when you encounter that moment where every decision is a tough one and no choice seems to clearly be the better choice.

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