Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDThe greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence.
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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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‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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Once trust is tarnished, it is hard to restore it to its original glow.
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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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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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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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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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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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The adventure of life is to learn.
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The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”
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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
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