Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDLove 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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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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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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The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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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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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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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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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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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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To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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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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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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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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A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
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Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.
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