Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams
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Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams
Think not about your frustrations,
but about your unfulfilled potential.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,
but with what it is still possible for you to do
Pope John XXIII
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Meaning
This quote means you should focus more on hope, potential, and possibility than on fear and past frustration. Forward-looking thought strengthens action.
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