The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDReal optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.
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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’
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A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.
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