“It's not what happens to us that molds us. It's what we do with what happens to us.”
Anita Stansfield (1961) American writer
Source: Where the Heart Leads
“What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.”
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French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, sc… 1905–1980Related quotes
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