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The sources indicated may not be the original origin but rather where it was found or who I heard it from.
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right. -
Henry Ford
"Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools talk because they have
to say something."
- Plato
The empty can rattles the most. - Metallica
"Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to
success." - Thomas Edison
This brings to mind a powerful quote by scientist Louis Pasteur, "Where
observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind," and another, by
writer James Joyce, "Mistakes are the portals for discovery."
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without
hope and confidence."
- Helen Keller
"Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way."
- Unknown
"People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one
good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts."
- Robert Keith Leavitt
Try to understand that the good situation is the enemy of the excellent one. -
Ricardo Viana
"No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious"
- George Bernard Shaw
"Happiness is the ultimate realization that everything was, and is, exactly as
it should be."
-
Paul from The Netherlands
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human
existence.
- Aristotle
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching
for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is
no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share.
Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a
few drops on yourself. - speaker Og Mandino
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity
to a worthy purpose.
- Helen Keller
Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of
misery. - Spike Milligan
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, And the life of the
candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
This happy thought by Buddha
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy
is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. --Robert G. Ingersoll
There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is
work and work that is play. And in only one of these lie happiness. - Gelett Burgess
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. - the Countess of Blessington
Happiness is not merely a life lived by accumulating moments of pleasure. On the
contrary, happiness is a long lasting enduring enjoyment of life, it is being in
love with living. It is your reward for achieving a good character and personal
rational values in life. Some important values are a productive career, romance,
friendship and hobbies. - Dr. Ellen Kenner.
Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. - John Lubbock
Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not
an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living. - Haim Ginott.
Happiness is when your mind is thinking through your heart. - Judi Singleton.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. - Albert Schweitzer.
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. - Mark Twain
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and
ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually. - Stephen Covey
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,
give him power."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
- Mother Teresa
"Beware the wrath of a quiet man."
- Chinese Proverb
The old adage "many hands make light work" is true. - unknown
Big Jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
"We are all designed for a specific purpose; we all have something for which
each of us, and each of us alone, is responsible."
- Naomi Stephan
There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is
not learning from experience. -
Archibald McLeish
"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure."
- Thomas Edison
"Leadership is service to one's subordinates." To "serve" them is our privilege, our responsibility, and our purpose. -Unknown
Measure twice. Cut once. -Dad (carpenter's rule)
If you're going to take the time to do something, take the time to do it right. - Dad
Do unto others as you'd have done unto you. - Mom (Bible) Golden rule.
What good is it to paint over feelings anyway? They ultimately bleed through. - Laurie Beth Jones
Our bodies break down to give us a message...and many times it is a message we have been ignoring. - Laurie Beth Jones
If we wait for our fears to disappear before we start, we will never even begin. Waiting for the perfect time is a great excuse and rationalization to stay stuck where you are. - Laurie Beth Jones
Out of little things come big ones. A good idea is worth a dollar. The plan for implementing that idea is worth a million dollars. - Laurie Beth Jones
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. -unknown- found in yellow pages at bottom of page
It's easy when you're good. -Me- ha ha maybe I heard it somewhere else
You don't burn out from going too fast, you burn out from going too slow and
getting bored. -James Hetfield
Look for the good in people. - mom
Serenity : The pain of discipline weighs ounces, The pain of regret weighs tons!
-unknown
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more
difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. - Ben
Franklin
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - Dad
Well begun is half done. - Professor David Hanna
I rely on technology every day. Why should today be any different? My backup
plan is to have two of everything when one breaks. - me
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. - Henry J. Kaiser
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
- Thomas Edison
A person is happiest when they are making progress towards a worthwhile
predetermined goal. -unknown
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position
that one has reached in life but by the obstacles which he has overcome while
trying to succeed" - Booker T. Washington
"Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for
growth. Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion."
- Suzanne Lori Parks
"When the doors of perception are cleansed everything appears as it truly is -
infinite." - William Blake
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream
more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.
- Wes Point Cadet Maxim
We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we
give. - Douglas M. Lawson, Fundraising consultant and writer
On The Mend - Fix what's broken, whether it's a machine or a process. People
don't need to be burdened by problems that could be corrected. - Joanne G.
Sujansky, Motivational speaker and
writer
The most difficult part of getting to the top of the ladder is getting through
the crowd at the bottom. - Arch Ward, Promoter and sports editor
Better twice measured than once wrong. - Danish Proverb
"He does not believe, that does not live according to his belief." - Thomas
Fuller (1608-1661)
"Select a few people to be particularly kind to today, those you were a little
harsh with yesterday."
- Norman Vincent Peale
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." -
Earl Wilson
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing." - Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but
remember this, nothing works unless you do. - Nido Quebein, Business consultant
and author
People think that at the tope there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as
an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top. - Margaret
Thatcher, British Prime Minister
To take time to think is to gain time to live. - Nancy Kline, Writer
Your temper is one of your most valuable possessions. Don't lose it. - Anonymous
Anyone can be angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to
the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way
-- that is not easy. - Aristotle, The Nichomachean Ethics
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while
discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better
ideas if our efforts are appreciated. - Alex F. Osborn, Advertising Executive
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the
sunlight. - Benjamin Franklin, Philosopher and statesman
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. - Albert
Schweitzer, Philosopher and physician
Home ought to be our clearinghouse, the place from which we go forth lessoned
and disciplined, and ready for life. - Kathleen Norris, writer
You can observe a lot by watching. - Yogi Berra
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. - unknown
The past is history and the future is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why
they call it the present. - Fish
“Spectacular achievements are always preceded by painstaking preparation.” –
Roger Staubach
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney
One cannot attempt to do good in one department of life whilst attempting to do
bad in another. - Buddha
Common sense is not all that common. - unknown
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have
an opportunity and not be prepared. -- Whitney Young, Civil rights leader
Before you check about your aim in life, check your ammunition.
After saying your prayers at night, you have to get up the next day and do
something to try to make them come true.
Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.
Life is like a grindstone -- whether it grinds you down or polishes you up
depends on what you're made of.
It takes the hammer of persistence to drive the nail of success. -- John Mason,
writer
Trying times are not the times to stop trying. -- Ray Owen
What the mind can concieve and believe, it can achieve. - Napoleon Hill
Imagination is greater than knowledge. - Albert Einstein
A person cannot do wright in one department of life whilst attempting to do
wrong in another. Life is one indivisible whole. -Ghandi
Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest
of the day.
If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth
it.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to
others.
Never buy a car you can't push.
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you don't have
a leg to stand on?
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
The early worm gets eaten by the bird, so sleep late.
When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live.
You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one
person.
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.
We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and
all are different colors but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
A truly happy person is one who can
enjoy the scenery on a detour.
Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.
The measure of a person is determined by what he dreams.
Always be prepared to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity.
Tomorrow comes with a limited warranty
The faster we travel, the less there is to see. -- Helen Hayes, Actor
The only error of life is to look back and say, "I never learned from my
mistakes." --
Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share, and
sought advantage over no one. -- Robert Brault
The pessimist may be right in the long run, but the optimist has a better time
during the trip.
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion. --
G.K. Chesterton, Writer
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss
people. -- Admiral Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy
Never grow a wishbone...where your backbone ought to be. -- Clementine
Paddleford, Food editor
When you don't have a grip on life, it will definitely get a grip on you. --
Jewel Diamond-Taylor, Motivatinal speaker and writer
Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections. Some
literally give their life's blood. But everyone has something to give. --
Barbara Bush, First Lady
"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never
think a negative thought." -*Peace Pilgrim {1908-1981 American Peace Activist}
"Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they
work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them?
Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?" -*Dale Carnegie {1888-1955
American Public Speaker & Author}
"There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity."
- Douglas MacArthur
"It is what we think we know already that often prevents us
from learning." -*Claude Bernard {1813-1878 French Physiologist}
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the
key to unlocking our potential." -*Winston Churchill
"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that
we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we
look, by writing that we think." -*Henri Frederic Amiel {1821-1881 Swiss
Philosopher & Poet}
You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully
being what you are...your simple presence can make others happy. -- Jane Roberts
To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our
perfections. -- Sandra Bierig
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. -- Victor Hugo,
Writer
The purpose of life is a life of purpose. -- Robert Byrne, Writer
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortune, but its fears.
-- A. C. Benson, Writer
When life does get tough and the crisis is undeniably at hand, when we must, in
an instant, look inward for strength of character to see us through, we will
find nothing inside ourselves that we have not already put there. -- Ronald
Reagan, 40th U.S. President
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands
into life up to the elbows. -- Jean Anouilh, Antigone
Take a lesson from the mosquito. She never waits for an opening - she makes one.
-- Kirk Kirkpatrick
There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make
of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become. -- Orison Swett
Marden, Founder of Success Magazine
Everything counts! Everything you do helps or hurts, adds up or takes away. --
Brian Tracy, Motivational speaker and writer
If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to DO things you can be proud
of. Feelings follow actions. -- Oseola McCarty, Domestic worker and
philanthropist
I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not
see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I
believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time
he is ready and prepared to do it. -- Preston Bradley, Founder of the Peoples
Church of Chicago
Faith is the antiseptic of the soul.... - Walt Whitman, Poet
I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to
throw me all their wasted hours. -- Bernard Berenson, Art critic
You have to work...to be happy. You're not going to get it through your career,
money, or even love of another person. It's between you and yourself. -- Rufus
Wainwright, Musician
Quote from Fortune magazine but author is unknown. "For high
performers adversity is merely a showcase for their innovation."
On the wall of my room when I was in rehab was a picture of the space shuttle
blasting off, autographed by every astronaut now at NASA. On the top of the
picture it says, "We found nothing is impossible." That should be our motto. --
Christopher Reeve, Actor
You're never as old as you're going to get. -- anonymous
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss
people. -- Admiral Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." –
Abraham Lincoln
"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
– George Bernard Shaw
God's gift to you is your potential. What you do with that gift is your gift to
God. -John C. Maxwell
Everything is easy if you're prepared for everything. - Richard Gunderman
Always keep your head up, but keep your nose at a friendly level. -- Author
unknown
What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put in the
hours. -- Unknown Author
Looking back, we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties
now reveal themselves as blessings. -- Dan Millman, Writer