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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.

William Arthur Ward

To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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Difference Perspective Thinking
Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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Death Defeat End Failure
We are more than what we do much more than what we accomplish far more than what we possess.
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Accomplishment Worth
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
The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.
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Care Generosity Life
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
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’
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Gift God Gratitude Thankful Yourself
In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
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Anger Choice Deep Forgiveness Understand
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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Believe Force Ignorance Love Myself Praise Yourself
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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Expression Feeling Gratitude Present
Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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Deep Friendship Respect Truth Voice Word
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
What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.
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Believe Important Inspirational Live Yourself
Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
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Care Daring Generosity Live
Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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Bright Life Yourself
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
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 pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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Change Expectation Perspective Reality
There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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Be Yourself Deep Instagram Captions Oneself Ourselves Self Love
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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Break Hard Time Man
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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Spring Winter
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
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Deep Experience Inspirational
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
Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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Persistence Praise Quit
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
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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Difference Encouragement Generosity Trouble
Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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Answer Blessing Need Person Recognition Responsibility See

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