Queen Rania of Jordan Quotes

We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.

Queen Rania of Jordan

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• Time
• Believe
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• Perfect
• Balance
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• Perception

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• We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Life
  • Time
  • Believe