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"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
-- Mother Teresa
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think
- Horace Walpole, 1717-1797
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
-- Robert Hall
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. -
Noel Coward
"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends."
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."
-- Oprah Winfrey
"A man learns to skate by staggering about making a fool of himself; indeed, he progresses in all things by making a fool of himself."
-- George Bernard Shaw
"To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with."
-Mark Twain, Author
"Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises."
- Derrick Bell
"There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do."
-- Robert Half
"Not only strike when the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."
- Oliver Cromwell
Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
- George Washington Carver
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Maryilyn vos Savant
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours, and you'll drift in that direction.
- Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, CEO
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment
- Jim Rohn
"Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." - William Jennings Bryan, 1860-1925
"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
-- Napolean Hill, Author
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. -
Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.
Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals"
George Patton
"Don't play for safety. It's the most dangerous thing in the world"
- Hugh Walpole
"To get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with"
- Mark Twain
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."
-Elbert Hubbard
Nothing can stop te man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Thomas Jefferson
The future depends on what we do in the present"
Mahatma Ghandi
"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well"
Diane Ackerman, Poet
"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door"
Emily Dickinson, Poet
My life success boils down to emotional state management.'
- Anthony Robbins'
"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
- Michael Jordan
"Never give in! Never give in! Never give in!"
- Sir Winston Churchill
"Life is a journey, not a destination … the fun is in getting there."
– Ursula Le Guin
"An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything."
-Lynn Johnston
"You can get everything in life you want if you help enough people get what they want."
- Zig Ziglar
"You wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they do."
- Dr. Phil Mcgraw
"People are about as happy as they make up their mind to be."
- Abraham Lincoln
"There is no greater prison than a person’s thoughts. There is no greater freedom either."
- Justin Cohen
"One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We cannot be kind, true, mercifull, generous or honest."
- Maya Angelou
"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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