Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDFailure 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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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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The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
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Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
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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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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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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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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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