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“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”
(Robert Louis Stevenson) |
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“A friend walks in when the
rest of the world walks out.” (Anonymous) |
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“A genius is someone who shoots at a target
no one else sees and hits it.” (Anonymous) |
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“A true friend remembers your birthday
but not your age.” (Anonymous) |
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“All that we are is the result of what
we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we
become.” (Buddha) |
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“An aim in life is the only fortune worth
finding.” (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) |
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“An IDEA is a funny thing... It does
nothing unless you do.” (Bazooka Joe) |
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“Any path is only a path, and there is
no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your
heart tells you.” (Carlos Castaneda) |
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“Be yourself and think for yourself; and
while your conclusions may not be infallible, they will be nearer right
than the conclusion forced upon you.” (Arthur Chen) |
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“Big shots are only little shots that keep
shooting...” (Christopher Morley) |
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“Character cannot be developed in ease
and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the
soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
(Helen Keller) |
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“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream,
so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall
at last unveil.” (John Ruskin) |
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“Every minute of life I take a risk; it's
part of the enjoyment” (Otto Preminger) |
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“Everything should me made as simple as
possible . . . but not simpler.” (Albert Einstein) |
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“Forget mistakes. Forget failures.
Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today
is your lucky day.” (Will Durant) |
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“Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and
I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a man without
a goal and I will give you a stock clerk.” (J. C. Penney) |
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“Guard well your spare moments. They
are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never
be known. Improve them and they will become the
brightest gems in a useful life.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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“Happiness does not depend on outward things,
but on the way we see them.” (Leo Tolstoy) |
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“How will you ever know if you can paint
that picture, run that business, sell that vacuum cleaner, earn that degree,
hold that office, make that speech, win that game, marry that girl, write
that book, bake that souffle, build that house -- unless you try it!”
(Richard M. DeVos) |
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“I am a great believer in luck, and I find
the harder I work, the more I have of it.” (Thomas Jefferson) |
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“I can't do it," never accomplished anything.
"I will try" has performed wonders.” (George B. Purnham) |
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“I long to accomplish a great and noble
task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were
great and noble.” (Helen Keller) |
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“I think the purpose of life is to be useful,
to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after
all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference
that you lived at all.” (Leo C. Rosten) |
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“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
(Walt Disney) |
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“If you've had a good time playing the
game, you're a winner even if you lose.” (Malcolm Forbes) |
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“Imagination has always had powers of resurrection
that no science can match.” (Ingrid Bengis) |
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“Impossible" is a word found only in the
dictionary of fools.” (Napoleon Bonaparte) |
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“In anything at all, perfection is finally
attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is
no longer anything to take away.” (Saint Exupery) |
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“In the face of uncertainty, there is nothing
wrong with hope.” (Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.) |
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“It is better to be hated for what one
is than to be loved for what one is not.” (Andre Gide - French Writer) |
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“It is not the strongest nor the most intelligent
species that survive but those most adaptable to change.” (Charles
Darwin) |
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“It's so important to believe in yourself.
Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you
believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you
searching for answers, and then pretty soon you get it.” (Wally "Famous"
Amous) |
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“Judgment can be acquired only by acute
observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness
to learn from others, by study of the activities of men who have made notable
marks, by striving to analyze the everyday play of causes and effects,
by constant study of human nature.” (B.C. Forbes) |
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“Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls
the switch.” (Ivern Ball) |
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“Life is not governed by will or intention.
Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in
which thought hides itself, and passion has its dreams.” (Oscar Wilde) |
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“Light has come into the world, and every
man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism
or the darkness of destructive selfishness.” ( Martin Luther King,
Jr.) |
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“Man Cannot discover new oceans unless
he has courage to lose sight of the shore.” (Anonymous) |
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“Man is the only animal that laughs and
weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between
what things are and what they might have been.” (William Hazlitt) |
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“Many of the most successful men I have
known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness.
They have relished wit, they have indulged humor. They have not allowed
"dignity" to depress them into moroseness. Youthfulness of spirit
is the twin brother of optimism, and optimism is the stuff of which American
business success is fashioned.” (B.C. Forbes) |
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“Nature gave man two ends -- one to sit
on, and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure
has been dependent on the one he used most.” (George R. Kirkpatrick) |
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“No matter how big and tough a problem
may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step towards solution.
Do something. Then try again. At the worst, so long as you
don't do it the same way twice, you will eventually use up all the wrong
ways of doing it and thus the next try will be the right one.” (George
F. Nordenholt) |
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“Nobody can really guarantee the future.
The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved,
estimate our ability to deal with them and make our plans with confidence.”
(Henry Ford II) |
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“Nothing in the world can take the place
of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful
men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence
and determination alone are omnipotent.” (Calvin Coolidge) |
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“Nothing is particularly hard if you break
it into small jobs.” (Henry Ford) |
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“Nothing worthwhile comes easily.
Half effort does not produce half results, it produces no results.
Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results
that last.” (Hamilton Holt) |
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“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes,
another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes
a success of his life.” (Edward B. Butler) |
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“Others may argue about whether the world
ends with a bang or a whimper. I just want to make sure mine doesn't
end with a whine.” (Barbara Gordon) |
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“Our greatest happiness does not depend
on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the
result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in just
pursuits.” (Thomas Jefferson) |
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“Seek out that particular mental attitude
which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes
the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have that
attitude, follow it.” (William James) |
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“Shoot for the moon. Even if you
miss it, you will land among the stars.” (Les Brown) |
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“So what do we do? Anything.
Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we mess it
up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we satisfied
all the uncertainties, it may be too late.” (Lee Iacocca) |
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“Spontaneity is the quality of being able
to do something just because you feel like it at the moment, of trusting
your instincts, of taking yourself by surprise and snatching from the clutches
of your well-organized routine a bit of unscheduled pleasure.” (Richard
Iannelli) |
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“Success seems to be largely a matter of
hanging on after others have let go.” (William Feather) |
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“The good old days were never that good,
believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming
tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.” (Hubert H.
Humphrey) |
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“The hallmark of courage in our age of
conformity is the capacity to stand on one's convictions -- not obstinately
or defiantly (these are gestures of defensiveness, not courage) not as
a gesture of retaliation, but simply because these are what one believes.”
(Rollo May) |
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“The man who makes everything that leads
to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the
very best plan for living happily.” (Plato) |
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“The man with insight enough to admit his
limitations comes nearest to perfection.” (Johann von Goethe) |
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“The more I give myself permission to live
in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty or judgmental about any
other time, the better I feel about the quality of my work.” (Wayne
Dyer) |
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“The one unchangeable certainty is that
nothing is certain or unchangeable.” (John F. Kennedy) |
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“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow
will be out doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and
active faith.” (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
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“The problem with the world is that everyone
is a few drinks behind.” (Humphrey Bogart) |
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“The road to happiness lies in two simple
principles; find what interests you and that you can do well, and put your
whole soul into it -- every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability
you have.” (John D. Rockefeller III) |
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“The secret of success is constancy of
purpose.” (Benjamin Disraeli) |
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“The ten most powerful two-letter words:
IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME.” (Anonymous) |
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“The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not
reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
(Benjamin Mays) |
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“The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee
happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.”
(Benjamin Franklin) |
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“There are but two roads that lead to an
important goal and to the doing of great things: strength and perseverance.
Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance,
harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely
fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with
time.” (Johann von Goethe) |
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“There is a giant asleep within every man.
When the giant awakes, miracles happen.” (Frederick Faust) |
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“There is a master key to success with
which no man can fail. Its name is simplicity… reducing to the simplest
possible terms every problem.” (Henri Detering) |
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“They've got us surrounded again, the poor
bastards.” (General Creighton W. Abrams) |
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“Time is never wasted when you're wasted
all the time.” (Catherine Zandonella) |
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“To Dream anything that you want to dream.
That is the beauty of the humam mind. To do anything that you want to do.
That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your
limits. That is the courage to succeed.” (Bernard Edmonds) |
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“Vacillating people seldom succeed.
They seldom win the solid respect of their fellows. Successful men
and women are very careful in reaching decisions, and very persistent and
determined in action thereafter.” (L.G. Elliott) |
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“Victory belongs to the most persevering.”
(Napoleon Bonaparte) |
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“We are all in the gutter, but some of
us are looking at the stars.” (Oscar Wilde) |
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“We make a living by what we get, we make
a life by what we give.” (Sir Winston Churchchill) |
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“We succeed in enterprises which
demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can
also make use of our defects.” (Alexis de Tocqueville) |
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“What is a friend? One soul dwelling
in two bodies.” (Aristotle) |
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“When I look at/into
the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.” (Oprah Winfrey) |
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“When I read about the evils of drinking,
I gave up reading.” (Henny Youngman) |
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“When one door of happiness closes, another
opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see
the one that has been opened for us.” (Helen Keller) |
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“When the past tries to dominate your thoughts,
let your dreams ignite your day.” (Anonymous) |
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“When we accept tough jobs as a challenge
and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.”
(Arland Gilbert) |
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“When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike,
you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.” (Franklin
Delano Roosevelt) |
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“Without ambition one starts nothing.
Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to
you. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but the
principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully
select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles,
is sure to have trouble.” (John F. Kennedy) |
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“Working together is essential for success;
even freckles would make a nice tan if they would get together.”
(Anonymous) |
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“You don't drown by falling in the water;
you drown by staying there.” (Edwin Louis Cold) |
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