Quote As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that...

“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.” - Martin Luther King Jr.



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 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Erica Jong

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

Jeannette Walls

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.

Joe Abercrombie

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.

If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.

Lev Grossman

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Mary Oliver