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A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.

William Arthur Ward

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

Change Expectation Perspective Reality
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
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Difference Dream People Preparation
Do more than believe: practice.
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Believe Deep One Liner Practice
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
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Faith Fear Feeling Freedom Friendship Possible Spirit Strength True Weakness
‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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Failure Lose Winner
Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
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Carry Design Hard Time Man Moments Pain Philosophy
The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
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Blessing Gratitude Luxury
A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
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Decision Failure Inspirational Success
A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.
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Blessing Comfortable Friendship Gratitude Loyalty
Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.
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Destruction Wisdom Word
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.
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Action Character Future Habit Ourselves Reflection Thinking Word Worth
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility – these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
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Acceptance Defeat Dignity Grace
The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence.
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Beautiful Born Greatness Ideas Poetry Silence
Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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Problem Reality Recognition Value
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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Feeling Gift Gratitude Health Light Morning Night
A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
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Encouragement Kindness Praise

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.

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