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17 Quotes To Have For 2017

For a year of change.

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17 Quotes To Have For 2017
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2017 is a year of change for many people. As we are growing older, we are struggling, growing, and changing. During these times of change, it is easy to feel our of place and lost. To feel like nobody understands what you are feeling. Below are 17 quotes to have if you plan on making some serious changes in your life throughout 2017.

1. Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

2. Brene Brown

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”

3. Snow White

"Remember, you're the one who can fill the world with sunshine."

4. Cinderella

"Have courage, and be kind."

5. Romans 8:31

"If God is for us, who can ever be against us?"

6. Effy Stonem

"Anger, jealousy, bitterness, tiredness, hope,lust, love, its everywhere."

7. Jane Austen- Sense and Sensibility

“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.”

8. Auliq Ice

“New Beginnings are in order, and you are bound to feel some level of excitement as new chances come your way.

9. Blair Waldorf

"I'm not a stop along the way, I'm a destination"

10. Audrey Hepburn

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters."

11. Buddha

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind in the present moment."

12. Brene Brown (again)

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”

13. Oprah

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

14. Yoda - Star Wars

Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.

15. Eleanor Roosevelt

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

16. Henry David Thoreau

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

17. Barack Obama

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or some other time. We are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."


Happy New Year everyone. Enjoy 2017!


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