Need an Afternoon Boost ... Women Share Words Of Wisdom That Motivate Them

These are the words of wisdom that the women of Reddit live by:

"Don't react; respond."
"No matter how much you know, what you say is as much as the other person understands."
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
"Anxiety isn’t intuition."
"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives."
"Nothing in nature blooms all year round; why should you?"
"People can only meet you as far as they’ve met themselves."
"When you know what you value, hard decisions are easy to make."
"You can't pour from an empty cup."
"Communication won't help when the other person doesn't even care to hear you."
"If you wouldn’t take their advice, then don’t take their criticism."
"Don't light yourself on fire to keep others warm."
"Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past."
It is never too late to have a happy childhood."
"This, too, shall pass"
“Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency for me.”
"You can be the sweetest, ripest, and most delicious peach on the tree, but there will always be someone out there who doesn't like peaches."
"I will not accept a life I do not deserve."