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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.

William Arthur Ward

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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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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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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 adventure of life is to learn.
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If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.
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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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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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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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Delays, 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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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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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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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
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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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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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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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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
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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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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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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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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.
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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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