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.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDRaised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
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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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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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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 pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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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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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
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Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
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