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Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the

past.

-- Tyron Edwards
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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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Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities
vanish.

-- Jean de la Fontaine


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Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance
to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most
height.

-- Buddha
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Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

-- Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist


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I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with
decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know
where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe
and are acting from.

-- William Faulkner (1897-1962) American Writer

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The people with whom you work reflect your own attitude. If you are
suspicious, unfriendly and condescending, you will find these
unlovely traits echoed all about you. But if you are on your best
behavior, you will bring out the best in the persons with whom you
are going to spend most of your waking hours.

-- Beatrice Vincent

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What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.

-- Portuguese proverb

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The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of
immortality.

-- John Quincy Adams

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There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is,
not to be true to the best one knows.

-- John Farrar (1945-) Austrailian Composer
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The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.

-- Duguet

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There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true
nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

-- Hindu proverb

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There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and
lifting people up.

-- John Andrew Holmes

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I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and
women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking
place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme
challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in
our curious heritage prevail.

-- C.A. Beard
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The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don’t get the throw
you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw
you get.

-- Terence

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Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present
generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make good use of
it! - letter to Abigail Adams, April 26, 1777

-- John Adams (1735-1826) Second U.S. President

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He who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.

-- Japanese proverb

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Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life,
misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which
have their heroes - obscure heroes who are at times greater than
illustrious heroes.

-- Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French Writer
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they
will surprise you with their ingenuity.

-- General George S. Patton

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When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced
courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

-- W.J. Slim

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I praise loudly; I blame softly.

-- Catherine the Second (1729-1796) Russian Empress-----------------------------

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for
long-term values.

-- Joshua L. Liebman

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I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes
stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never
more brave than when we do that.

-- Linda Ellerbee (1944- ) American Journalist

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A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.

-- Wilma Askinas (1926- ) American Author

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Anger is a prelude to courage.

-- Eric Hoffer

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You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those
who can do nothing for them or to them.

-- Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher
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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and
does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse.

-- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher

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What is now proved was once only imagined.

-- William Blake (1757-1827) English Poet


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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half sorrow.

-- Swedish proverb

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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

-- Lee Iococca

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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

-- Norman MacFinan
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The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.

-- Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French Playwright


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Genuine security arises from actual, first-hand knowledge that one is
both capable and worthy of achieving happiness (through conscious,
responsible action) and, once having attained it, that he deserves
it.

-- Michael J. Hurd () American Motivational Speaker

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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do. But I think you have
to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that
makes you a winner right there.

-- Venus Williams US tennis champion

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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person,
at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for
the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task,
but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right
person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right
manner, and at the right time.

-- Aristotle
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger
you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

-- Epictetus (55-135 AD) Roman Philosopher

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There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is
play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lie
happiness.

-- Gelett Burgess

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Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

-- Ingrid Bergman

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Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody
believes he got the biggest piece.

-- Sherry Rothfield

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Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am
thankful that thorns have roses.

-- Allophones Karr

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When you take a risk and step out of the norm, you run the risk and
sometimes you fail. But you only fail if you give up.

-- J Peterman () American Author

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Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

-- Peter Mayle (1939-) British Author and Writer

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You cannot add to the peace and good will of the world if you fail to
create an atmosphere of harmony and love right where you live and
work.

-- Thomas Dreier

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We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real
excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what
you're gonna get in the end - it's not the final curtain - it's
really in the doing it, and loving what I'm doing.

-- Designer Ralph Lauren

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When we are mindful of every nuance of our natural world, we finally
get the picture: that we are only given one dazzling moment of life
here on Earth, and we must stand before that reality both humbled and
elevated, subject to every law of our universe and grateful for our
brief but intrinsic participation with it. (From her biography of
naturalist Eustace Conway.)

-- Elizabeth Gilbert
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One kind word can warm three winter months.

Japanese Proverb
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling
inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says,
yes, this is how I ought to feel.

Rabbi Harold Kushner
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Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into a flame by another
human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled
this light.

Albert Schweitzer
(1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Philosopher)

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No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of
confusion by taking one little step toward solution. Do something.

George Nordenholt
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It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked,
through understanding.

Kahlil Gibran
(1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist)

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