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Thank Goodness, Finals are Done

Decompress your way into winter break with these quotes!

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The semester is over and once traveling is finished you finally can enjoy your winter break. But if you're like me, you're still probably wired and suffering from those late nights, coffee drips, and constant study zone brain. I may be done with finals, but finals are still not done affecting me. So here are some sayings that will get you from acing your next exam to a new year relaxation mode...

For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. ~Lily Tomlin



No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick



We live longer than our forefathers, but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the finer strength of the nerves. ~Edward George Bulwer-Lytton



Give your stress wings and let it fly away. ~Terri Guillemets


Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. ~Mother Teresa


Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up. ~Anonymous


We turn not older with years but newer every day. ~Emily Dickinson


Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way. ~Douglas Pagels


He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Wisdom

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