"We are sisters. We are brothers. We are family." - Lailah Gifty Akita

“Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement. With verbal encourageme...”

— Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate

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“How would your life be different ifYou walked away from gossip and verbal defamation? Let today be the dayYou speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.”

— Steve Maraboli

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“If you follow your heart, you know true happiness.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

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“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

— John Green

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“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

— Jon Katz

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“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

— Anonymous

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“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

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“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

— Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

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“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

— Deb Caletti

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