Positive Quote Of The Day November 2009

[pjbs35a]

There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend.

-- Unknown

[ibrowse17]

Very true, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

-- Herbert Kaufman

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

-- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) British-American Writer

[ibrowse17]

Very nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.

-- Charles Reed

[Jeff]

Very true!

[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

-- Mary Tyler Moore (1937-) American Actress

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

-- Elizabeth Stone

[ibrowse17]

Very good, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

Very, very true!

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your own terms.

-- Harrison Ford (1942-) American Actor

[Jeff]

Another good one!:thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

...the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at last.

-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Dramatist and Poet

[pjbs35a]

The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.

-- Bernard Meltzer (1914-) American Law Professor

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

Thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Courage is grace under pressure.

-- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

I really like that one, thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.

-- Louis Nizer (1902-1994) American Lawyer

[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities.

-- Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) American Author

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.

-- Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964) Irish Author

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle.

-- Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish Pianist

[Jeff]

:thumbsup:Good one!

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.

-- Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish Philosopher

[ibrowse17]

So true, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

-- Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English Scientist

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

-- Leo C. Rosten (1908-1977) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far.

-- Euripides (480-406 BC) Greek Playwright

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thanks:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your convictions.

-- William F. Scolavino

[ibrowse17]

True, thank you:thumbsup:

[Jeff]

Good one!:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

A Little Something Extra Today



Myself
Edgar Guest

I have to live with myself, and so,
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to be able as days go by,
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
And hate myself for the things I've done.



I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of man I really am;
I don't want to dress myself up in sham.



I want to go out with my head erect,
I want to deserve all men's respect;
But here in this struggle for fame and pelf,
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to think as I come and go
That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show.



I never can hide myself from me,
I see what others may never see,
I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself- and so,
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free.

[Jeff]

Very Nice!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

-- Beverly Sills (1929-) American Opera Singer

[vizsla]

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[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Very true, thanks:thumbsup:

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

It is a good thing to be rich, it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

-- Euripides (480-406 BC) Greek Playwright

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[ibrowse17]

Nice, thank you:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright

[Jeff]

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[ibrowse17]

Thanks for a great month of quotes:thumbsup:

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals. Constant employment
and well-paid labor produce general prosperity, content, and cheerfulness.

-- Daniel Webster



GO SAINTS!!!

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber.

-- William Mather Lewis

[pjbs35a]

I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

-- Frank Knox

[Jeff]

I don't know about that one?????:confused:
- the Cheesburger must rank right up there!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

I don't know about that one?????:confused:
- the Cheesburger must rank right up there!:thumbsup:

Right after jambalaya and gumbo!!

[pjbs35a]

There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.

-- Kurt Hahn

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Is the life I'm living the life that wants to live in me?

-- Parker Palmer

[Jeff]

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