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Viktor E. Frankl Quotes: It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.
         

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.


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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.



Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.



Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.



When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.



Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.



The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.



Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!



There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.



Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.



Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.





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