| "Do
what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free
from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible.
2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable
of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice
love and understanding." -- Lou Holtz
(Three rules for success)
"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the
capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
-- Mahatma Gandhi
May
there always be work for your hands to do,
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane,
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you, And may God fill
your heart with gladness to cheer you. -- Irish
Blessing
"Do
not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege." --
Unknown
"Waste
no tears over the griefs of yesterday." -- Euripides
"Never
say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double
talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance
our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back
upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and
bring blessings into their lives." -- Norman Vincent Peale
"The
greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising
every time we fall." -- Nelson Mandela
"Grow
old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for
which the first was made; Our times are in his hand who saith,
"A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: See all,
nor be afraid!" -- Robert Browning
"Today
I live in the quiet, joyous expectation of good." -- Ernest
Holmen
"The
timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays
trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons
that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach."
-- Edgar A. Guest
"A
ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built
for." -- William Shedd
"Blessed
is he who speaks a kindness; thrice blessed is he who repeats
it." -- Arabian proverb
"Satisfaction
lies in the effort not the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
-- Mahatma Gandhi
"
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through
my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not my exposure
to founts of wisdom and knowledge." -- Igor
Stravinsky
"The
way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the
rain." -- Dolly Parton
"Great
works are performed not by strength but by perserverance."
-- Samuel Johnson
"Only
complain to someone who can do something about it.... Effective
complaining helps keep your conversations on the positive side
of the street. With some people you may find you have nothing
to talk about." -- John-Rogers and
Peter McWilliams (You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative
Thought)
"Vitality
shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to
start over." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Don't
be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief
-- your time for joy will come, believe me." -- Alexandr
Pushkin
"Ability
may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
-- John Wooden
"When
it is dark enough, you can see the stars." -- Charles
A Beard
"All
of our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue
them." -- Walt Disney
"Any
fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it,
for that determines our success or failure." -- Norman Vincent Peale
"Consult
not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.Think not about
your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern
yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what
it is still possible for you to do." -- Pope
John XXIII
"Only
when one is connected to one's inner core is one connected to
others. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found
through solitude." -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure." -- Benjamin Disraeli
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