In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDWhen we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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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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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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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.
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A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
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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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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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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting.
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The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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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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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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