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sticking to your guns!

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at
once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.

-- William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English Essayist

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maturity

The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions
by the application of reason.

-- Marya Mannes (1904-1990) American Journalist

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Work

Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing -- and does it well.

-- E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer

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Money

There is nothing so comfortable as money, - but nothing so defiling
if it be come by unworthily; nothing so comfortable, but nothing so
noxious if the mind be allowed to dwell upon it constantly. If a man
have enough, let him spend it freely. If he wants it,let him earn it
honestly.

-- Anonymous

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Greatness

A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live.

-- Unknown

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trials

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing
for this, I was training for this.

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Tact

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

-- Howard W. Newton

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get your ideas across

To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short
sentences.

-- John Henry Patterson
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growth

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your
envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.

-- Glenn Clark

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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

-- Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher

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Patience is passion tamed.

-- Lyman Abbott

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The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone
in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will
become.

-- James Lane Allen (1849-1925) American Author

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Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but
they die young.

-- A.W. Pinero
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Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's
superiority to all that befalls him.

-- Romain Gary (1914-1980) French Writer

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There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight
and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good.

-- Tillotson

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Men can be stimulated to show off their good qualities to the leader
who seems to think they have good qualities.

-- John Richelsen
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Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks,
breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.

-- Mary Lou Cook






-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Roman Philosopher