Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDDelays, 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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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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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.
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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.
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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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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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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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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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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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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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The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
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