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.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDReal optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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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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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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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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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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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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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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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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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.
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Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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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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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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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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