The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference
that you have lived and lived well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Only the person of worth can recognize the worth in others.
Thomas Carlyle, from Ken Lizotte
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Adversity is a state in which man mostly becomes easily acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
attributed to Coach John Wooden, from Jim Stovall |
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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them.
Dean Rusk
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Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible,
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
St. Francis of Assisi |
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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
Alvin Toffler, from Steve Kayser |
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Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
Peter T. McIntyre, from Jeffrey Fry |
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Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Paul Boese |
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
John Wooden |
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Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex, intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple, stupid behaviour.
Dee Hock |
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi, from Jonathan Lockwood Huie |
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If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
Jim Rohn, from Joyce Layman |
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill |
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
Vince Lombardi, from Steve Keating |
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Happiness walks on busy feet.
Kitte Turmell, from Jonathan Lockwood Huie |
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu |
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A life making mistakes is not only honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw |
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson, from Jonathan Lockwood Huie |
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A man's good name is his best monument.
from an old churchyard at Lockerbie, Scotland,
from Jonathan Lockwood Huie |
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There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.
Alexander Woollcott, from Kristy Harris |
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Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ...
It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
Vivian Greene |
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The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.
Linus Pauling |
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Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Warren Bennis |
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Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence
by courageous patience.
H. Rickover, from Jeffrey Fry |
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Don’t compare or compete - be unique!
Aine Belton |
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Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Frank Tyger, from Marion Ross |
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It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.
Babe Ruth |
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Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
John W. Gardner |
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The best way out is always through.
Robert Frost |
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All conditions are present for things to be the way they are and no conditions are present for them to be any different.
Dr. Olaf Isachsen, from JoAnna Brandi |
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The answer is always 'no' if you don't ask.
Tony Robbins, from Mike Robbins |
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To ignore the facts does not change the facts.
Andy Rooney, from Jeffrey Fry |
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When in doubt tell the truth.
Mark Twain |
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Hope is not a strategy.
Brian Tracy |
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Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.
Anna Freud, from Jeffrey Fry |
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You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Henry Ford, from Jeffrey Fry |
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Stop doing things that don't matter!
Denny Strigl |
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Being real is more powerful than being shiny!
Jennifer Howard |
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Remember, you’re more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.
Andy Rooney from Sam Horn |
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Why do you always complicate things that are really quite simple?
Mary Poppins |
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When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
Thomas A. Edison |
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Possibilities grow as you practice looking for them.
Hemal Radia |
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Joy is a Choice,
but Not an Easy Choice.
Jonathan Lockwood Huie |
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The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates |
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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.
Abraham Lincoln |
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Work hard. Play hard. Make history.
Jeff Bezos |
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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Ralph Nader, from Jeffrey Fry |
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The obvious is not so obvious.
Jim Clemmer |
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize
I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin |
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We are better than we think
and not yet what we want to be.
Nikki Giovanni, from Sam Horn |
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I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
Publius Syrus |
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The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.
Thucydides, from Jeffrey Fry |
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It’s not enough to be the best at what you do; you must be perceived to be the only one who does what you do.
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, from Sam Horn |
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Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.
Ruth Gordon, from Ariaa Jaeger |
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Our deepest calling is to be the best person we can be.
Dr. Jennifer Howard |
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