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.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDReal optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence.
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Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’
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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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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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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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‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.
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Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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