Toni Sorenson Quotes

The roadmap to a rich, rewarding life is to follow your passion, to be willing to deviate, to never dull to the dawn of a new day and all of the possibilities it holds for adventure and discovery.

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If your life is not an adventure then you are not truly alive.

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Be your own best buddy.

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Do the things you love to do so you’ll enjoy spending time with yourself.

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If you have a painting in you, paint. If you have a song to sing, sing. Don’t judge your creation. Just create it. Banish doubt and fear and step out of your own way if you have to. Write if you’re a writer and invent if you’re an inventor. Do what you were born to do. Only then will you know a remarkable life.

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In God's economy, nothing is slag, nothing is wasted. Every relationship we build is a teacher, every experience we have is a coach. In every scar there is a lesson. In every memory there lives potential to make more.

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Certain people will be upset when you speak the truth. They might get mad. They might get really mad. That's because they are still living the lie you've exposed. Stay strong. Speak truth. Do not allow yourself to get pulled back into their lie just to make others happy and yourself miserable. You are free. Stay free.

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The truest of all truths is this: You are a child of God. Out of more than six billion people on earth now, He knows your name, what you fear and what you revere. He cares about the things you care about. He wants your happiness and success, and will reach to the farthest corner of the universe to see that you obtain your noblest dreams.

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God is not someone you meet when you die. His smiling face will be the first and the most familiar to greet you on the other side of mortality. You’ll recognize Him and know in your heart of hearts that you’re not entering a new sphere, but returning home to the place you’ve always belonged.

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I do not know the answers to life's hard questions, but I do know the One who knows them and that's sufficient...for now.

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Every human being has divinity encased within its spirit and it is the task of its creator as well as itself to set it free. No human being is an end product, every being still breathing is a creation still under creation.

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The most destructive thing we can possibly do in life is to make another person doubt his worth and identity as a child of God. The very most productive thing we can do is to help ourselves and others realize that as children of God, our worth is infinite.

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You were born into this life equipped to succeed. You are a part of God’s perfect plan. Yes, you. The plan would not be perfect if you were missing. Think about that. You matter more than you know.

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We are in God’s hands. We can’t come up with a surprise big enough or a sin vile enough to thwart His plan. If we allow Him to refine us we will inevitably end up free from the impurities that separate us from Him.

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No human mind can fully grasp the gift of Christ’s atonement, the vastness and inclusiveness of the act - but in the end, it comes down to just you and Jesus. You’ve come, and He’s met you with open arms - and now it’s just between the two of you.

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I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to.

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Fear is ugly. It is monstrous. But fear stands no chance in the face of faith.

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Our business is to be free of anything that separates us from God, who has created us to simply be happy and to progress.

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Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from "I can't do this" to "I must do this.

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A sweet life is a sweaty life.

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Change doesn’t come in nickels and dimes. It comes in dedication and sweat.

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Training is the word we use now. To train means to teach a particular skill over a period of time. Every time you get up, show up, work out, you are training yourself to be better, to live happier and healthier. Don’t expect results in a snap. Remember, change takes however long it takes.

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You don’t know all that you can be unless you’ve tried all there is to try. None of us get to do that in this life, so hence the saying, there’s always room for improvement.

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Eat clean. Think straight. Work consistently. Speak positively. Motivate others. Believe in yourself.

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Every day is as amazing as we decide it is.

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If you mean it, say it. If you say it, mean it.

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Love is not something we acquire and then have forever. It’s not something we can possess. It is something we are - always changing, always growing.

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Here’s a simple test to check and see if you have surrendered or if you are still struggling with control. When you are miserable, stressed, doubtful, and fearful, you are in control. When you are happy, peaceful, confident, and faithful, God is in control.

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The more we have, the more we realize can be taken from us, and that’s when our lives border on insanity. We live in fear of losing what we think we possess. Once we let go and let God, then we gain a peace that surpasses understanding.

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Jesus was a hiker. The wilderness was His retreat.

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We are deluded when we think that we do not have a direct line to heaven, that heaven doesn’t stand ready to help us. Oh! If only you knew the angels that walk beside you, that support and protect you on the journey you’ve chosen to walk.

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We’re making decisions right now that shape our lives. Even indecision is a decision. What’s going on today is a result of the choices we’ve made in the past.

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In some cases abusive or damaged relationships cannot and should not be saved.

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We exist to fully participate in the creation our own lives.

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It is not enough just to believe in Christ. We have to believe that He believes in us so we can believe in ourselves. That’s a sentence that deserves a re-read.

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If you think you are unworthy to pray, that thought is not coming from Jesus Christ. More than anything, He wants us to approach Heavenly Father, to have our prayers heard and answered.

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Do we? Our problem is whatever wedges between us and God.

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To improve quality of life, to evolve into a better version of ourselves, to pause in recognition of blessings with only our name on the tag, to dance in graitutde, to embrance with abandon, to give without receiving, to seek the face of God ... all this and more is why we exisit.

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Because Christ doesn’t scream to get our attention, we have to find places and times that are quiet. We can look for Him throughout the day in a smile or the sunlight through a cloud. He’s there in a baby’s face - every time in a baby’s face.

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No matter our sins or our sufferings, we are not isolated or abandoned. Christ is there for us, in good times and bad, and if we know how to follow Him, how to walk in His footsteps, then the road home doesn’t seem quite so treacherous or impossible to scale.

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If Christ is missing from your life, it isn’t because He is lost.

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Success goes to the ones who do. Get up. Show up. Throw up if you have to. Do it afraid, but do it no matter.

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How we feel is not who we are. We might feel like failures, but as long as we are still trying, we are not failures. We are works in progress.

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Work out to work up.

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When we think we can manage our time, our circumstances, and our relationships without His help and inspiration, we know what unmanageability is.

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Don’t fear experience. Embrace each one as a gift, a teacher, a step to get closer to where you want to be and who you want to become.

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Two forces, fear and power,come together at a place called BEGIN. Bust through the fear to get to the power and BEGIN the life you are entitled to live.

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Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can.

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Fear is afraid of you. Don't think so? Walk right up to it, then right past it and see if it doesn't run and hide.

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You never hear someone called beautiful who neglects themselves.

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Attractive souls are different than beautiful souls. Attractive souls take care of their outward appearance for appearance sake. Beautiful souls care for themselves inwardly and outwardly, so they can be of value to themselves and to others.

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A true Christian does not judge whether a person is worthy of help, but only judges a need and how to best meet that need.

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Self-awareness happens when we become aware of other people, things and places around us and how we are all connected.

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A journey through nature is always a road that leads to self-discovery.

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Peace comes at a price, often only at the end of a hard-fought battle.

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When you are miserable, stressed, doubtful and fearful you are in control. When you are happy, peaceful, confident and faithful God is in control.

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You are the only one who can dream your dreams.

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Rock bottom demands we pay a price for the ride back to the top.

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No good can come from beating ourselves up for falling down - for feeling unhappy when we want to feel just the opposite.

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Change can be terrifying, but I've come to expect that God has an even greater adventure awaiting me than the one I leave behind.

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Change isn’t only about changing your circumstances, it’s about changing you.

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Today is the day to stop, look around, realize where you are in relation to where you want to be, change direction if needed and move forward with faith in God and in yourself.

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Our imperfections make us unique as surely as our strengths.

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When the finish line seems too far away, remember how you felt when you were back at the starting line. Regain that motivation to recharge your momentum.

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Never put off repairing a relationship you value. If sorry needs to be said say it now. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us.

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Courage is stepping forward when all you can see is darkness.

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Courage is not beating up the bully or letting the bully beat you up, it is standing strong before the bully and seeing him for what he truly is: a child of God in need of an attitude adjustment.

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My grandmother caught me climbing the highest tree in her yard, the one we were all forbidden to attempt. All five feet of her stood tall as she tilted her head back and squinted up at me. "Well, don't stop now," she said. "If you're going to fall no use doing it from the halfway point. Keep climbing and let's see just how high you can go.

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The bravest are the most vulnerable; they are also the ones most capable of reward.

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A daring heart is vulnerable, but unless it is willing to be broken it will never know the power of true love.

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Life is not a spectator sport; it requires full pads and full participation.

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So what if you're scared spitless? So what if you're intimidated, insecure or inundated with doubt? If it's the thing that will advance you, do it anyway. Forward movement always begins with an inward decision.

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There is no such thing as colossal failure. There is only colossal courage to attempt the impossible again and again until it becomes possible.

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Life moves for people who move their bodies!

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If you’re giving to get, all you’ll receive is disappointment. But if you’re giving to give, all you’ll receive is joy.

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Why are you alive? To discover joy and to share that joy with others.

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The first and most important person you must believe in is yourself.

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Clean up your comfort zone and move out so you can move on.

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You are not your emotions and they are not who you are, only how you feel at the moment.

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Tears do not signal your weakness. Tears testify that you are alive.

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How many of us even know what our default state of being is? Check yours at random times; reset it to positive, grateful, disciplined or faithful. Don’t ever let it idle on negative, greedy, lax or doubtful.

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You cannot do more than you can, so be gentle with yourself and quick to forgive your mistakes and to move on.

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Make taking care of yourself your top priority every single day, day after day and you will see that all the other people and chores fall into proper place.

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