Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDAdversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
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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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The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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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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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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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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Happiness is an inside job.
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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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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Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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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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Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.
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