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One pretty amazing thing we learned early on was that the more time we spent together, the better our relationship was.Joanna Gaines
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How many of us take the time to relive half a lifetime’s worth of happy memories, cringeworthy failures, and unforgettable adventures together? How many of us get a chance to sit down and talk about the rough times we overcame in the past or to laugh about the stupid mistakes we made when we were young?Joanna Gaines
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I finally believed it was actually a beautiful thing to be unique and to be different.Joanna Gaines
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Don’t quit, and don’t give up. The reward is just around the corner. And in times of doubt or times of joy, listen for that still, small voice. Know that God has been there from the beginning–and he will be there until .. . The End.Joanna Gaines
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The reality is that old houses that were built a hundred years ago were built by actual craftsmen, people who were the best in the world at what they did. The little nuances in the woodwork, the framing of the doors, the built-in nooks, the windows–all had been done by smart, talented people, and I quickly found that uncovering those details and all of that character made the house more inviting and more attractive and more alive.Joanna Gaines
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It’s up to us to choose contentment and thankfulness now–and to stop imagining that we have to have everything perfect before we’ll be happy.Joanna Gaines
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Even locked doors can be unlocked in time.Joanna Gaines
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One thing I learned there on that beautiful front porch was if I wanted to be successful, if I wanted to do important work one day, I would have to increase my capacity. I had to learn to manage disappointment. I needed to learn how to make the most out of those “opportunities” Chip seemed to keep finding.Joanna Gaines
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I told myself that I was going to live the rest of my life as if it were Saturday.Chip Gaines
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It’s hard to describe the feeling that comes with starting your own business. It really is so much work in the beginning that you lose yourself in it. You lose your sense of time, and you can’t believe how quickly the days go by because there’s no time to focus on much of anything else. But then you open the doors, and it’s like you’ve given birth to this new thing that didn’t exist before. Then when it starts to flourish, well, that’s just icing on the cake. To get to see it live and breathe and to know that this thing you created out of thin air can put a smile on other people’s faces is such a blessing.Joanna Gaines
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That rotten houseboat turned out to be a blessing in disguise.Joanna Gaines
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Whether you are in an eight-hundred-square-foot home or living in a dream house on a lake, contentment is found on the way.Joanna Gaines